I was feeding my sweet baby last Monday and happened upon Martha Bakes on the Hallmark Channel.
As *I* also enjoy baking on occasion, I was pretty excited to watch. And Martha did not disappoint! She showcased some delectable treats, including her Hi-Hat Cupcakes.
I decided to give them a shot using the very popular flavor of Red Velvet. And there is a reason Red Velvet is so popular… these are amazing!!
I used a version of this Red Velvet recipe for the cake. I then used, and this is possibly my favorite change, Log House Cherry Flavored Baking Morsels for the chocolate candy coating.
For a long time now Cherry Dip has been my favorite cone at Dairy Queen, and now I know how to make it at home! *happy dance*
The only thing I did use from Martha’s original post was the Seven Minute Frosting recipe, with a slight alteration.
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 6 large egg whites, room temperature
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Put a sauce pan on stove with a couple inches of water and bring to a slow boil.
- In a large heat safe bowl (I used a glass bowl) mix together room temperature egg whites, sugar, water, and cream of tartar. Whisk ingredients together by hand until nice and frothy.
- Set bowl over pan with barely boiling water and whisk until sugar is dissolved, about five minutes.
- Transfer liquid to your big electric mixer and beat on HIGH for about ten minutes. Add vanilla and whisk on HIGH for another five minutes.
I found the light and airy frosting to be the perfect compliment to the deep, rich flavor of red velvet.
And, seeing as I am a HUGE fan of Cherry Dip, I could not get enough of this flavor combination. If you are not a big fan, you can certainly use a semi-sweet chocolate and also have fantastic results.
Whatever you do decide on doing, dont forget the most important ingredient.
Love.
I kid.
Kinda.
These look absolutely amazing!! Great job!
Oh man, those look SO good! And they’re so pretty! They remind me of the ice cream cones we used to get at kids from Dairy Queen when they’d dip them in the cherry flavor
I’ll definitely be giving these a try!
These look so good!! I want to make these, like right now!!
xo
not only do these look and sound amazing……….I LOOOOVE that the candy chips are cherry flavored!! I SO have to get some and try it!!
Thanks Amanda! these are just beautiful!
Amanda, these are gorgeous! The red is just so stunningly red. Just perfect!
Love Martha Bakes. And I love your version of the hi-hat cupcakes. You’re good. Real good! Happy V-Day!
These are cute – to me they look like they are wearing little gnome hats
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Wow, aren’t these gorgeous!! And I’m sure they’re delicioius too!!
I love the look of these!
oh so lovely, cherry bonnet as a kid was my favorite . These look delicious Amanda! Happy Valentine’s Day
I have attmepted Hi-Hats, however not successful, they were gobbled up within minutes. these look perfect! especially love the red “hats”.
Pretty!
I have Hi-Hats Cupcakes on my baking list for SUCH a long time. Your pictures make me want to make them tonight! Wonderful Red Velvet twist
These look so tempting! The red colour of the hi hats on top of the red velvet cupcakes is brilliant. And the seven minute frosting sounds and looks yummy!
These look amazing! I never see cherry chips in my local store, and the ones on amazon are expensive – any tips on finding these at local stores?
So very yummy indeed, and what a fun idea! Lovely
These are so cute, and they do look exactly like Gnome hats! Perfect for a Gnomeo and Juliet party. (Do they make blueberry flavored ones, too, I wonder?)
These sound and look really awesome!
These are adorable. All I could think about when I saw the first picture was the cartoon I grew up watching, “David the Gnome”. I scrolled down your comments and was happy to see that I’m not the only one who thought they looked just like gnome hats! They’d be adorable at some sort of summer party with garden gnomes in the theme
I love the sweet twists you’ve given to hi hats! I recently used some of those cherry chips, and they are so fun! Can’t wait to try them for this!!
these look adorable and delicious!
I just so happen to have a litte bag of those cherry chips in the pantry. Hmm. My afternoon just got much more interesting…
These are just too darn cute. My kids love the cherry coating from dQ. I bet they’d love these too!
What a funny cupcakes!!
You can get these cheaper at the following:
https://hannaford.elsstore.com/brandstores/360-log-house-foods/categories/2548-baking-chips/products/18564-log-house-cherry-flavor-chips
And here too at their online store:
http://loghousefoods.elsstore.com/view/category/2548-baking-chips/
These are so cute! They immediately reminded me of garden gnomes with their little red hats
I have always, always wanted to try Hi-Hats….well, if by always you mean for the last 5 years. Pretty much always! Love your RED rendition! Perfect for Valentine’s Day…and I think they’d be perfect for Christmas, too!
These are so pretty I can’t stop staring at them! Cherry cones from Dairy Queen are so good.
cherry? no thanks. but the rest is undeniably awesome. in this case, the higher the hat, the better.
They are so pretty! I wish I could eat one right now.
Honestly… Is there anything you cannot make look absoutely stunning!? I know you probably get sick of hearing me tell you how Ah-mazing you are so I’ll just say… “As *I* also enjoy baking on occasion” is the cutest thing I’ve heard all day!
I saw the same Martha segment! You took these cupcakes to the next level, Amanda!
These have been flagged in my Martha cupcake book for awhile. Cherry dip is my favorite as well. As soon as I get my hands on some of those little cherry bits of Heaven, I’m going for it! Thanks for the post! They came out gorgeous!
These are adorable! I’d love to make some for my cousin whose favourite colour is red! Anyone got any ideas on where you might get cherry chips down under?
Mia
http://thelittlebluebicycle.blogspot.com.au/
Wow! Amanda u are daring
just kidding, but seriously, i have wanted to try these but all i can picture is the frosting falling into the coating when you dip them. Scares the hang out of me!
These look absolutely gorgeous. And i love the 7 minute frosting–such a good flavor! I tried it with chocolate a few days ago but would love to try it with red velvet too. Delicious!!
Your high hat cakes gave me a good chuckle. They’re adorable and kind of remind me of lawn gnomes (errrr…edible and delicious lawn gnomes)! The Seven-Minute Frosting was also very well received by me, as I love baking things that are ready in a flash and I have historically been unsuccessful at frosting-making. Thanks for the beautiful cupcake (and frosting) recipe!
Amanda these are awesome & I love how neat they look cut in half
These are gorgeous! I’ve never had a cherry dip but now I want to know what they taste like!
do you simply melt the cherry chips over hot water and then dip the cupcakes? or do you have to add something else to them?
Hi Diana! I did add some canola oil to them. I used 6 tablespoons for 12 ounces of chocolate. That is not Martha’s recipe… at least, not the recipe I linked to in my post.
These look FANTASTIC!! Totally making them.
I love red velvet – and these look amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!
I have had Martha’s hi-hat cupcakes sitting in my “to make” pile for so long…and now I really want them so badly. Yours are gorgeous. I love red velvet. And I love DQ’s cherry dip, was my favorite ice cream cone as a kid. I don’t even want to try to guess how much cherry dip I ate when I worked at our little home town ice cream shop when I was in high school!!
Besides the fact that these LOOK so pretty, I bet they taste delish too! (Also a huge fan of cherry dip here!) Another recipe added to my list… Thanks
These are SO cute!! They remind me of a gnome hat…
This is pure art cupcakes! I would like to showcase this recipe on my cupcake recipes & ideas blog if you agree. Best regards
This looks absolutely adorable! I’m looking at this images almost 5 minute! I hope I will learn to bake cupcakes like these one day.
WOW! This red velvet cupcake caught my attention, especially the super red cherry dip. Will try this recipe one day. Thanks for sharing here.