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A plate stacked with red relvet brownies, each frosted with cream cheese icing.
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5 from 8 votes

Red Velvet Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting

These red velvet brownies are easy to make, rich, full of flavour, and visually striking! Makes a great addition to any dessert tray!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 12 People
Calories: 580kcal
Author: Marie Porter

Equipment

  • 9 x 13 cake pan

Ingredients

Brownies:

  • 1 cup Dark Brown Sugar
  • 1 cup Granulated Sugar
  • 1 ¾ cups All-purpose flour
  • ½ cup Cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • ¼ teaspoon Salt
  • 4 Large Eggs beaten
  • 1 ½ tablespoon liquid red food coloring or 1 teaspoon Red gel food colouring
  • 2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • 2 teaspoon White vinegar
  • 1 cup Melted Butter

Frosting:

  • 8 oz Cream cheese room temp
  • ½ cup Unsalted butter room temp
  • 2 cups Powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
  • Pinch salt

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare 9 x 13 pan with pan spray or shortening.
  • In large mixing bowl, combine sugars, flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a smaller bowl, whisk together eggs, food colouring, vanilla extract, and vinegar.
  • Add egg mixture to the flour mixture, along with the melted butter. Stir until dry ingredients are well incorporated.
  • Spread batter into prepared pan, Bake for 30 min.
  • Brownies are done when knife inserted into center comes out clean - but don’t OVER cook them.
  • Let cool completely before spreading with frosting and cutting into squares.
  • Frosting:
  • Beat together cream cheese, butter, vanilla, and salt until smooth.
  • Add powdered sugar, a little at a time, beating on low until it’s all well incorporated. If you’d like to whiten the icing, you can use a little white food colouring.
  • Spread onto cooled red velvet brownies, cut into squares, and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 580kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 19g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 135mg | Sodium: 294mg | Potassium: 153mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 55g | Vitamin A: 1042IU | Calcium: 76mg | Iron: 2mg