Mini Red Velvet Bundt Cakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
These mini red velvet bundt cakes are moist, decadent, and tangy with traditional cream cheese frosting! Perfect for your Valentine’s Day.
You guys, I feel like a very accomplished food blogger today. I am posting Valentine’s day recipe a whole month in advance of the actual day!!! Woot woot!! I didn’t even start my Christmas baking that early. But I am very excited about all the cuteness that revolves around Valentine’s day and the new mini bundt pans I got for Christmas, that I couldn’t wait to start with these mini red velvet bundt cakes with cream cheese frosting. And of course, this gives you time to think about what you would like to make for your Valentine! I have a few more ideas coming up!
Red velvet cake and I have a special bond. In fact this particular red velvet cake recipe. It was the first recipe I EVER baked in a lame attempt to be romantic (so not) a month after the boy gave me the big diamond ring. I can’t say it landed me the man but it sure guaranteed he wasn’t going anywhere 🙂
These mini red velvet bundt cakes are perfect for Valentine’s Day! I started with my FAVORITE red velvet cake recipe, baked in mini bundt cake pans (Thanks Laura!) and topped them with a traditional cream cheese frosting!
The red velvet cake is soft, fluffy, and not too sweet. Just right! And the cake is nicely complemented with the sweet tangy cream cheese frosting. Absolute perfection if I can say so myself!!
The mini bundt sizes are so cute and will be perfect for individual servings on Valentine’s day. Or you can be all romantic and share your mini cake with your Valentine. You know like two cutie pies eating with one fork (so not happening in my hood…enjoy your cake on your OWN plate dear!).
Below I will walk you through how to make these mini bundt cakes with some pictures. Hope it is helpful!!
Gather your ingredients! Always good to start off by measuring everything you need so you can focus on the steps of the recipe.
Sift the dry ingredients together.
Then cream the butter and sugar together. Add in eggs. Then flour and buttermilk alternating.
For the red coloring, mix the cocoa powder with the food coloring.
This thick paste once added into your batter, gives you that gorgeous red color we all love.
Divide your batter into the prepared pans.
Bake to perfection!!
While the bundlettes cool, make your frosting. It is your classic tangy cream cheese icing.
Top each bundt with as much icing as you desire!! No one is judging 🙂
The same goes with the sprinkles. Add as much as you like.
There you have it! I hope you enjoy these mini red velvet bundt cakes.
Mini Red Velvet Bundt Cakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
My favorite Red Velvet cake is moist, decadent and tangy with traditional cream cheese frosting! Dressed up in mini bundts and sprinkles, these are perfect for any Valentine’s Day celebration!
Ingredients
For Red Velvet Cake:
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons liquid red food coloring
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup sifted confectioners' sugar
- 3-4 tablespoons milk (or more for drizzling consistency)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour (or use baking spray) 6 mini bundt pans.
- In a medium bowl, sift flour and salt together, set aside. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3-5 minutes. Add the egg and mix well. Alternate the flour mixture with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix in the vanilla extract.
- In a small bowl, mix the red food coloring and cocoa powder until a paste forms. Add this to the batter and mix well. In another small bowl, mix together the baking soda and cider vinegar. It will foam. Add to the batter immediately and mix until well combined in batter.
- Divide the batter evenly into the prepared pans. Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the cake springs back when touched. Let cool for 5-10 minutes in pan and then turn out on wire racks and cool completely.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese and vanilla until smooth. Add the sugar and milk. Mix on low speed for a minute and then increase to medium-high speed to beat until well combined. If the frosting is too thick, add milk to loosen to drizzle consistency.
- Drizzle the frosting over the cakes. Decorate with sprinkles and hearts.
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ooooh!!! I was thinking about having a VDay party, and these would be so perfect!!
Yes they will be!! I’m making them for a Vday party with my girlfriends 🙂
How long should they bake if you don’t have a bundt cake tin and you are making them the same size?
Hi Luna, unfortunately, I have not tested the baking times in different tins. However, I will estimate about 12-15 minutes in a cupcake tin and longer if you are using a larger round cake pan. You will just have to play around with the timing and check the cake as it progresses.
I can’t resist anything red velvet!!
I LOVE red velvet anything! These are just gorgeous! I need to get me one of those mini bundt pans. Too cute!
Thanks Nancy! And yes you do need to grab one…imagine all the possibilities 🙂
‘Tis the season for red velvet, which makes me so happy! Your cakes are SO darling and almost too cute to eat…but I’d have no problem doing it. 🙂 This is one perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day, Zainab, now all I need is that mini bundt pan I’ve been dying for for so long! These cakes are incredible!
Thanks Marcie!! Oh they are not too cute for eating..I devoured the last one last night and it was still so good after almost a week in the fridge 😉
High five for getting ahead! I always love a good bundt cake, and mini are the best! What a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
hahha thanks Kelli!! I’m almost never on that getting ahead bandwagon
These are perfect for Valentine’s day! I have thsi bundt pan so I’m super excited to try this recipe. 🙂
My hubby and I will either go out to dinner or stay in and cook something special…depends on our mood. Can’t believe it’s right around the corner.
Thanks Tina!! It’s coming soon…since the weeks seem to be flying by fast in this new year.
These little bundt cakes are so adorable! I absolutely love anything red velvet; it’s definitely my favorite cake flavor! I have no idea what my Valentine’s plans are yet, but I would totally make these all for myself. No sharing. 🙂
Thanks Beth! Red velvet is so delicious and I am on a mission to make it more :). And yeah..no sharing!!
Oh my goodness, these photos are absolutely stunning! The red contrasting the white – wow, my eyes are still taking it all in. These mini cakes are so cute and definitely festive. You go girl, I haven’t even brought out the red food coloring (and I really like that stuff;) If I got these on Valentine’s Day, I wouldn’t even need a date. Love love love these! Pinned!
Thank you so much Mary Frances!! I was struggling to be honest on the day these photos were taken but I’m glad they came out well!!
Haha way to be on the ball! I keep thinking that I need to work on a Vday post or two soon but putting it off. I’ll end up doing it a week before like always.
I feel that way for every holiday! Gladly January is boring month anyway so I’m looking ahead haha
You know, I’ve been in search for a good red velvet recipe for months. I’ve actually only made it once, but my cake fell apart when I was assembling it so I ended up scrapping it and making cake balls. These cakes are so adorable and look so delicious, Zainab! Photos look stunning too! Pinning this immediately because I know I’m going to need this recipe in the future.
As for Valentine’s Day, me and my friends like to go out and get dinner and revel in our eternal loneliness. LOL 🙂
Graham this is the recipe! It’s so delicious and you need to try it. I usually double it and bake in two 9-inch pans and it’s perfect. BTW, that’s why I am not a fan of the holiday itself. Just makes people feel lonely when the other 364 days you don’t. Silly! I do a girlfriend dinner party always for valentine’s and it’s always fun!!
Can this get ANY CUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think NOT! *-* ^_^. These mini bundt cakes look so Valentine-y and those cute little sprinkles and the way the cream cheese is dripping over the bundt and that little anecdote that perfectly complements the cake!!! Ahhhhh!!!!! <3 <3 <3 I'm loving just EVERYTHING about this cake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yummmmm!
Awww thanks dear!!
You must have read my mind! I was just thinking about baking red velvet cakes in my mini bundt pans. So festive!
Lol! I’m creepy like that 🙂
I love red velvet, these are so cute!!
Thank you so much Julie 🙂 And thanks for pinning too!!
Oh my gosh… these are quite possibly the cutest red velvet desserts I have ever seen! The mini bundts are adorable! And the pictures… I cannot get over how gorgeous they are, Zainab! I could really go for one of these right now and I am very jealous of your early Valentine’s Day baking!
Thank you so much Ally!! I didn’t have mini bundt pans before so I was super excited to try these out 😉
Yay for the early Valentines Day baking…I might have to do the same this weekend! So cute!
Thanks Meghan! I was just getting bored with January and decided to look forward..way too forward but that’s exciting at the moment!!
These are so cute, Zainab! And so pretty too! What a perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
How lovely! These are so pretty and they look very easy to make, too. What a great idea to make them in mini bundt pans! I would definitely go for the sharing option!
Red velvet is my favorite!
OMG these look so gorgeous girl! These are like little red velvet angels, perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Thanks dear!
So adorable! Can you believe that I’ve never made anything red velvet? That needs to change!
Thanks Tonia!! And yes you need to change that soon 🙂
We used to love to go out….until kid. Now it’s all about her! These photos are SO pretty! Pinned!
Thanks Dorothy! We should probably go out more often before kids come along lol!
Um, these are PRECIOUS! I love mini anything and would totally gobble all of these up. Your man is one lucky person 🙂
How gorgeous are these! And so beautifully photographed too!
These Red Velvet Mini Bundts are SO super cute!! I just love them. And I agree with you. I actually prefer to bake for V-Day than Christmas. There are just too many other things to do for Christmas. But V-Day is just all about the red white and pink pretty treats!! L-U-V it!!!
I don’t really celebrate Valentines Day. It definitely is not one of my favorite holidays! However, Ken bought me cupcakes from my favorite cupcake shop last Valentines Day. I’m not complaining!
These little bundt cakes are so cute, Zainab. You are right, these are perfect for Valentines Day! Pinning!
These are too stinking cute! The only downside is I’d want to eat more than one! 🙂
These are super cute and very beautiful!!
Perfect for your love one anytime.
I’d love to make these for dessert in a romantic dinner with my husband/
These look so cute and what a great idea in mini bundt moulds! I made red velvet cupcakes for Halloween, but think I’ll definitely have to give these a try for Valentines 🙂
These are perfect! Pinning to my Red Velvet Galore board!
These look so gorgeous and adorable Zainab! Love red velvet and these are so perfect for Valentine’s Day:) Pinned 🙂 Hehe, what a cute story and the boy is definitely one lucky guy 🙂
Red velvet is basically my favorite kind of cake ever. So I am super thrilled about these! And majorly impressed that you are V-Daying it a month early. That takes some serious foresight.
Wow, you are totally ahead of the game, Zainab. I’m jealous! My mind is full of Super Bowl dips and you’re off baking amazing looking cakes. Can you move 2 hours and be my neighbor? Thanks.
David I know I need to move closer considering all the goodies you make too! I feel like we could share platters all week long lol! I wish I watched football outside of Super Bowl for all the dips and appetizers you have. Gladly watching medical tv shows call for dips too so I’ve been enjoying them then (say what? That’s just me?)
Oh, it would be way too dangerous if we were neighbors! We’d be sharing all sorts of delicious food all week…and then we’d have to build a gym in between us! Haha.
Too cute to eat. They look delicious.
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Thanks!
Oh boy these little cakes do look yummy! Maybe a little too good!! I can’t wait to try these on valentines days.
Zainab, you are too funny! You are on the ball with these RV gorgeous treats! Holidays creep up on me so fast I have hardly any time to respond or even plan. Your pictures are absolutely beautiful!
I wanted to come back and tell you thank you for sharing these RV minis with all of us over at the Show Stopper Saturday today! Pinning onto our party board! (=
i love anything red velvet. yum!
They look so cute and petite! I can eat 5 of them!
I love it, man catching red velvet!! These are absolutely gorgeous!
Hahha thanks Tanya!!
Adorable! I haven’t tried making red velvet anything – this recipe looks great – pinned!
Wow…….. Looking so YUM. I love this food. I just want this.
Oh my goodness these are exploding with cuteness! Way to be all the ball and make me look bad 😉
hahhah I got bored with January and decided to look ahead. I should look at football food 🙂
These sweet little Red Velvet Bundt Cakes are adorable, Z! I don’t blame you for wanting to break out the mini Bundt pan and get rockin’ in the kitchen with a Valentine’s Day post nice and early. Thank you for sharing and have a wonderful winter weekend, my friend. Pinning (of course)! xo
Thanks Stacy! You should break out your mini bundt pan soon, they are too cute!! I hope you had a great weekend my dear and great week to come.
Dear Zainab, It is o.k. to celebrate Valentine’s Day everyday! These are very nice and perfect to enjoy.
They came out perfect! Blessings dear. Catherine xo
Your cakes are so cute!! I love it
Your pictures are gorgeous!!! How perfect are these for Valentine’s day?? They look delicious, and so festive! You are making me want to buy a mini bundt pan now so I can make these!
OMG these are wayyy too cute! I love mini foods. I can totally see myself popping these in my mouth as I am trying to take photos of them. They wouldn’t have lasted very long.
Yum! These are so delicious and sweet. What a great Valentine’s treat 🙂
Crazy gorgeous! I probably need to start thinking about posting Valentine’s Day recipes…or any recipes for that matter 😉
Thanks dear! You have the cutest Valentine and I will take that any day over recipes or posts lol!
I love how red they are, sometimes red velvet is so dreary but these are so vibrant! Great job!!
These look so good! thanks so much for sharing the recipe 🙂 http://www.handmadeintheheartland.com/
These little cakes look so darling! And the frosting sounds great! I love these : )
Hope you’re having such a great weekend! xx
These are so insanely cute Zainab! I love Valentine’s Day for its treats!
I love Valentine’s Day like crazy! These are totally adorable. `Sucked in by the cute mini bundt pans!
Thanks Heather!!
Such lovely pictures Zainab! Very vibrant and the little cakes really do look so moist even in just looking at the photos! I’m not a fan of red velvet but I may be convinced to try these. 🙂 So sweet that the recipe for the cake was the first that you ever made for your guy too. Have a wonderful V-Day and try not to get too angry if he does swipe a little extra from your plate. 😉
These bundts are SO, SO, SOOOO CUTE!!! And that red just pops! It’s beautiful!! Now I feel rushed to get a V-day recipe up on the bloggy. 😉
You’ve just reminded me about how behind I am for my Valentine’s baking haha! These cakes are adorable though and perfect for the holiday! I love red velvet, but I’ve never actually tried my hand at making it before. Maybe it’s time to put that mini bundt pan I have lying around to good use :).
Yes it is time Rebecca!! I hope you give it a try 😉
Zainab these look delicious! Lovr bundt cakes- they always look so stunning. This looks great for Valentines day! 🙂
These are utterly adorable. And kudos for planning in advance, I’ll be happy if I get my Valentine’s Day recipes up by the first of February! I have all good intentions with planning, but sometimes I lose track of time!! I also just bought myself a mini bundt baking pan, so this is extra exciting for me!
SO. Gorgeous! Omg I can hardly stand it. These are too cute for words! I cannot get over the detail you are picking up with your camera. These photos are absolutely breathtaking! And I love the styling too- 😀 😀 😀
Thank you very much! I am trying out M mode the past two weeks and it’s frustrating but rewarding when I seem to get it right 🙂
These little bundt cakes are SO cute!! Red velvet and cream cheese just go together perfectly! Pinned!
These are so fun! I need to get my hands on a mini bundt pan!
You are totally accomplished Zainab and NOT just because of these gorgeous bundt cakes 🙂 Love the color of these beauties! Pinned!
That’s so sweet; “…it guaranteed he wasn’t going anywhere” …haha, I’m sure he wasn’t, not with all the yummy baking going on! These bundt cakes are totally adorable – my little man who go nuts for them. He’s REALLY into cake (asks for cake, every.single.day) and he loves the colour red. Might just have make these or something similar for Valentine’s day.
I wish I get a little man like yours one day!! One that can enjoy cake. Hope you can make something red for him this Valentine’s Day 🙂
These are absolutely adorable!! So perfect for Valentine’s Day, and they look absolutely scrumptious.
These are gorgeous! I’m visiting from SITS! Love your blog and can’t wait to get to know you better!
Hi Kellie! Thank you so much for visiting. I’m heading over now too 🙂
Wow! The cream cheese frosting dripping down on this looks absolutely incredible, how in the world do you make it look so perfect! It almost doesn’t look real.
I’m thinking that these bad boys were for sure a factor before you got that ring, I think you won him over with red velvet! 🙂 Pinning, and can’t wait to make for a Valentines Day treat!
Thanks Krista! I didn’t actually like the frosting dripping in these and that’s why I’m “hiding” more in the back than upfront. I can’t seem to figure out the pretty stream that people have. But I’m so glad (and flattered!!) you think these are perfect!!
PS: I agree it was probably the red velvet that helped with the ring size 🙂
These are adorable! And I’ll bet they taste just as good as they look. Where do you get the mini bundt pans?
These are so cute, perfect for Valentine’s Day!! I love red velvet and these mini bundt cakes are just perfect. Thanks for sharing!! Stopping by from the SITS tribe.
These are so cute! I totally won over my man with cookies!!
You are definitely on top of Valentine’s Day and these red velvet cakes look like the perfect treat! Love making mini bundt cakes.
love this! you inspired me to try my own valentine recipe in my mini pans also! red velvet is perfect for the holiday! Love your photos!
I love red velvet and these are right up my alley! I think I may make these for an upcoming Valentine’s party. Visiting you from the SITS challenge. Just followed you on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram, and Google+. You can find me on Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram as FLChefNicole and FB under my blog: For the Love of Food
These look yummy! Pinning for later!
These are beautiful! I LOVE my mini bundt pans and glad to have a new recipe to try.
Congrats on being the most viewed last week at our Best Of The Weekend Party! {sorry this is late}. Have a great weekend. xo
I can see why you and red velvet have a special bond…..these little cakes look incredible!! Thanks so much for sharing them with us at Saturday Night Fever!!
Hahah thanks Cathy! I love red velvet very much. Hope you are having a great weekend.
These are just like you said….Perfect! I love them! I’d love for you to share them with us at Sewlicious Home Decor! We can’t get enough sweets and a Valentine treat makes it even better!
Marti
These are so bright, festive & adorable for Valentines Day – Would love to see these submitted at FoodFotoGallery.com so I can share with all my foodie friends 🙂
These were delicious BUT…they stuck horribly to the mini bundt pan. I’ve never had this issue with my pan before and I sprayed and floured as directed. Any suggestions? Was my flour layer too thin perhaps? (I always turn my pan over and tap to remove the excess.) By the look of things I could tell they were sticking as soon as I pulled out of the oven. I’ve never made red velvet before but it seems to be such a light and airy cake that I wonder if it’s just always prone to stick. Thankfully the icing helped to cover up the issue 🙂
Hi Lindsay! I am glad they were delicious even if they didn’t look as well. I have found that evenly flouring bundt pans can be tricky so I use PAM baking spray that already has flour in it and it helps keeps the flour even. Also, letting the cakes cool in the pan for at least 10 minutes helps the cakes loosen and removal easier. Hope that helps!
These are adorable!! You are so skilled. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Hope mine turn out to be as good as yours!
I am going to make these for my church’s July 4th picnic and maybe use some red/white/blue sprinkles on top for a festive touch.
That would be perfect!!! Let me know how it goes 🙂
There is something very wrong with this recipe. i tried it twice and it is too moist, like not enough flour? 1 1/4 cups where all other recipes are 2-2 1/2? What a waste of many ingredients.
Hi Gloria,
I am very sorry to hear this. I know for sure it is not the recipe and the flour ratio. This is my go-to red velvet recipe and I have been using it in cupcakes, cakes and these mini bundts (http://blahnikbaker.com/red-velvet-cupcakes-white-chocolate-cream-cheese-frosting/). I know the cake recipe works and a lot of other readers have successfully made this recipe. I would suggest making sure your liquids are accurately measured as it sounds like you have too much moisture.
This might be a silly question but I’m not much of a baker…if it’s not eaten, should it be refrigerated overnight? Thanks!
You can store these at room temperature or refrigerator in an air-tight container for up to 3 days.
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