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I love Valentine’s Day. Not because of the mushy lovey-dovey, boyfriend-girlfriend thing, but because it’s a time to simply remember to LOVE. Your spouse, your kids, your neighbor, that guy who held the door open for you that one time you had your hands full with bags, purse, and a screaming toddler…all those people could use some love. For that very reason, I use Valentine’s Day as an excuse to share the love, and I’m doing it this year with some red velvet bundt cake goodness. But not just any old red velvet bundt cake, I am talking about adorable little mini ones. Perfect for sharing. And eating.
This recipe wasn’t inspired by Valentine’s Day alone, though. I have a fab fondness for M&M’s®, as is evidenced by my piñata cake, and spiced apple cupcakes, so when I discovered these amazing M&M’s® Red Velvet candies, I was head-over-heels for them, instantly. I thought they would be the perfect companion for my red velvet bundt cake, and I was so right. So right indeed.
To make these little delights, you are going to start by creaming the butter and sugar, then add the eggs one a time until the batter is nice and creamy. Then you’re going to want to add the wet ingredients and mix slowly, but thoroughly. You will notice the batter develop a grainy look; this is OK! Your batter is coming along just fine. Add the dry ingredients in batches, mixing until just combined, the spoon into little bundt cake pans and bake!
Now, when I normally make a red velvet cake, I use a traditional cream cheese frosting, but in this case, I didn’t feel that it would fit, because it’s so thick. Instead, I thinned out the recipe using extra milk, so that I could just…pour it over each cake. And then I delightfully topped them with a smattering of M&M’s® Red Velvet candies!
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 2 ½ C Flour
- ½ C Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Kosher Salt
- 1 C Butter softened
- 2 C Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- 1 ¼ C Sour Cream
- ½ C Milk
- 1 oz Red Food Color
- 2 tsp Vanilla
For the Icing
- 8 oz Cream Cheese softened
- 6 Tbsp Butter softened
- 2 tsp Vanilla
- 4 C Powdered Sugar
- ¼-1/2 C Milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325. In a large bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar on medium high for five minutes. Beat in the eggs, one and time, until completely incorporated. Add the sour cream, milk, food color and vanilla and mix slowly until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients in batches, mixing until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Spoon into mini bundform pans, place on a baking sheet, then bake for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Place on a cooling rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and allow to cool completely.
- While the cake is cooling, beat together the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Slowly beat in the powdered sugar until thoroughly combined. Very slowly add the milk, tablespoon by tablespoon, until it reaches a pourable consistency, between ¼ and ½ cup, in general.
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Who would you give a mini red velvet bundt cake to? Tell me in the comments, then head to Walmart to grab your own bag of M&M’s® Red Velvet candies!
Lori says
I made this last week and oh my goodness it’s delish!! I just did one regular size Bundt pan. Added 10 minutes to the time on directions and then just kept checking every 5 minutes until toothpick came out clean. I think it was an extra 20 minutes total. Cake was so moist and the icing!!!! Yum! Best recipe yet!
miajenni321 says
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Bdenza says
Oh my god..this looks delicious..love to taste nowitself..
Cabidor says
These looks really delicious. Thanks for sharing your recipe, Karly!
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Nicole Neverman says
This cake is just beautiful. Thank you so much for attending week 19 of #PureBlogLove and linking your fantastic blog post, I can’t wait to see what you have in store for our next party, Thursday 8 PM EST- Sundays at midnight. Your post has been added to the #PureBlogLove Pinterest board for all to see 🙂 Have a great day!
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Kathryn Griffin @TheDedicatedHouse says
This looks amazing! Thank you for sharing. You are one of the features tonight at the Make it Pretty Monday party at The Dedicated House. Here is the link so you can check out your feature. http://www.thededicatedhouse.com/2015/02/make-it-pretty-monday-week-127.html Hope to see you at the bash. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse
Made From Pinterest says
This looks so delicious! I am making this as soon as possible. Your recipes and ideas are always the best!
Cookie says
I would like to make this but I. A regular size bunt pan. Do you think the measurements would be the same? I just have to figure baking time
Karly says
Yes! The amount I used would fill a regular-sized bundt pan perfectly! You will definitely have to add time to the cooking though. I haven’t tested it in a regular sized bundt pan, but I would check for doneness after an extra ten minutes, and then every few minutes after that. If you try it, let me know how long it took!
Tabitha Blue says
Well these are just gorgeous!! 🙂
mafer says
I love it!
Elizabeth says
Karly, just wanted to let you know that I am featuring this on Saturday at Snickerdoodle Sunday! Hope to see you there (bring a piece of this baby with you!!). Thanks for linking up!
Nicole Neverman says
This bundt cake looks amazing! Such a beautiful red too 🙂 If you had a spare moment, I would be delighted if you’d drop this (and anything else you’d like to share) by at the #PureBlogLove anything goes link party! You can find me here: http://picnicnz.blogspot.co.nz/
Elizabeth says
Oh my beautiful! What a great way to eat red velvet (which is one of my personal favorites!) Thank you for linking up at Snickerdoodle Sunday! I love it. Please, come again!! Pinned.
Jessica says
Yum! Great idea!
Diana says
I definitely need to find me some small bundt cakes and get me some red velvet M & M’s to make my granddaughters some bundt cakes of their own.
Thank you for posting this!!!
Emily says
These are so pretty! I am going to pin this one for later! YUM!