Red Velvet Cupcakes topped with an easy White Chocolate Mousse made from a pudding mix! And yes, you can make this frosting with any type of instant pudding mix. If you missed my other Red Velvet Cupcakes or Red Velvet Rice Crispy Treats make sure to check them out, you’re going to want to make something fabulous this year for Valentine’s Day! Or make these Maple Bacon Cupcakes for the man in your life 🙂
The Story:
His name was Ian and he was my first slow dance.
It was Jamison’s 11th birthday party and “Who Let the Dogs Out?” was just playing. Then we heard it–The opening chords to the Backstreet Boy’s “I Want it That Way”… a slow song. All the girls froze along the side of the wall, fixed their hair and Limited Too training bras and waited. Waited to see who picked who. The boys started to shuffle over, mumbled a few words to us and then I was dancing. Well, maybe I shouldn’t go so far as to call it “dancing.” All I can remember were the stiff arms, straight elbows, his finger tips were barely touching my hips and we were swaying from side to side desperately trying to avoid eye contact.
It was a miracle he even asked me though.
I was taller than him by a few inches, my hair was nothing less than a fuzz ball and it was in the middle of my glitter phase.
Needless to say I was not one of the “cool” girls.
I’d like to say the night got better, but my dances with Klay and Cooper were just as painful.
Red Velvet Cupcakes with White Chocolate Mousse
Ingredients
Red Velvet Cupcakes:
- 1 box Red Velvet Cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 C. butter melted and slightly cooled (or oil)
- 1 C. sour cream
- 1/2 C. milk
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
Quick Mousse:
- 1 Box White Chocolate Instant Pudding mix
- 3 C. Heavy Whipping Cream
Sprinkles for decoration
Instructions
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1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with cupcake liners.
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2. Sift cake mix into a small bowl and set aside.
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3. In a large bowl, combine eggs, butter, sour cream, milk and vanilla extract and whisk until smooth.
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4. Stir in cake mix.
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5. Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake for 17-20 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
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6. Let cool.
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7. Quick Mousse: In a stand mixer using the whisk attachment, beat instant pudding mix and heavy whipping cream until stiff peaks form.
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8. Pipe mousse onto cooled cupcakes and top with sprinkles!
Pudding Frosting is so simple and easy and tastes delicious! It also freezes really well if you like your cakes cold 🙂
Amazing. This is amazing.
Would it be wrong to just make the mousse and eat it without the cupcake?! I am not huge on red velvet cake but the icing….ooo-la-la.
Of course! You can make it with any type of instant pudding mix! It makes for a great fluffy fruit dip too!
Ha I am so with you on making that mousse alone! Granted I bet it’s fantastic on top of a cupcake, but easy mousse? How can I turn it down!?
These need to be refrigerated, right?
They’ll be totally fine for a few hours!
Wow these look amazing! Talk about a foolproof frosting! Was it easy to pipe out? I as wondering, since mousse tends to get runny after a while.
No! If anything it’s really thick! You can really add as much whipped cream as you want, so if it doest get to stiff just add a little more!
Hi Lizzy, just wondering why this mousse isn’t made with sweetened condensed milk like the chocolate mousse frosting (which I’ve made before, and is wonderful)? I was going to make it again with white chocolate pudding, then saw your new recipe, so I would like to know which is recommended.
They’re both very different! This mousse is more stiff the lighter, so it just depends on your personal taste!
How large of a pudding box do you use?
Never mind! Saw the picture 🙂
Oooh don’t these look yummy! What piping tip did you use? I love the funky swirl!
Ateco #855, it’s a large star tip!
I want to make these for me family. Will it last over night in a box. I won’t be delivering them until the next evening?
Quick question, can you make the mousse ahead of time and refrigerate? Maybe for a day or two?
Yes! It will get extra thick in the refrigerator though
This mousse was so good!!! Would you be able to substitute other instant pudding mixes and make it the same way? Thanks!! My boys enjoyed eating the leftovers spread on graham crackers with sprinkles for dessert. 🙂
Yup! The banana instant pudding is AWESOME on chocolate cupcakes 🙂
That sounds soooo good!! I may just have to do some baking this weekend…. The brown sugar cupcakes were a hit at school!! 🙂 Thank you.
I cannot find a pudding like this here,or probably any other pudding-like thing. Is there any other possibilith to make a white chocolate frosting? Looks so good!
Hershey’s brand makes a kind of white chocolate pudding mix, you can make white chocolate frosting other ways but nothing this light and fluffy without the pudding mix, sorry!
It’s all good,I saw that I can order it on ebay 🙂
I’m making mini cupcakes for a wedding and am wondering about making and frosting them a day ahead and freezing them – since it’s a July wedding, I’m thinking they would thaw pretty quickly and still be tasty. Thoughts?
If you make them the day before you don’t have to freeze them! Just keep them in tupperware in a cool place of the house!
Hi there! can i use Jell-o instant pudding instead? what if my instant pudding less a few grams?
Yes you can! Don’t worry about the different size!
Will it hold in a bakery box overnight at room temp
Would this frosting last outside on a warm/hot day? I want to make red velvet for a birthday party at the park and I’m debating if I should use this pudding recipe or traditional cream cheese. I’m going for the one with higher chance of not melting on me.
This actually holds up well outside because of the stabilizers in the pudding!
Hi Lizzy! I have made the red velvet cupcakes and they sunk after taking them out of the oven 🙁 I used DH and added chocolate pudding to the mix…. Do you have an idea if that was my mistake?
Myrna
Hi Lizzy! These look fantastic, thank you for sharing! I was wondering if I could use this frosting for a 4 tier cake that will be covered with fondant?!
I haven’t worked with fondant all that much… But I’m not sure why you couldn’t! This frosting isn’t very sticky though, it’s definitely more of a mousse texture
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Hi I love cupcakes
Hi, love your blog. What kind of cake mix do you use?
Can’t wait to make some of your yummy cupcakes. 🙂
Hi! Thank you so much for all your wonderful recipes! I am really looking forward to using this frosting and was just wondering if it colors well?
The mousse does, but the red velvet cupcakes stay pretty red
My 4 yr old and I made these last week. We left them in a little too long in the oven so they were a tad dry, but his day care teachers still liked them. I can’t get the white chocolate pudding mix in Canada so I made a regular cream cheese icing instead. They looked super cute with heart sprinkles on top.
What size cake mix(depending on the brand,size is different) and what brand do you prefer/use?
Hello:)
I made these this evening but my cupcakes fell miserably:( I don’t know why; would you have an idea?
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could I add crushed Oreos to this? I saw the Oreo mousse recipe but like the idea of using pudding instead of a cream cheese frosting base.
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Will this hold up as a crumb coat on a layer cake?
I absolutely loved this– first frosting I haven’t totally hated.
Can I make this chocolate by using chocolate pudding? Can I add espresso without ruining it?
Is this good after it has been refrigerated.?it seems from the comments that it is better if served before refrigerating.
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