These red velvet waffles are amazing, sweet, and sinful! makes the ideal breakfast on Valentine’s Day. Very wealthy. The glazing yields a large amount.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¾ cups buttermilk
- ⅓ cup melted butter, cooled
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 tablespoon red velvet food coloring (such as Lorann Professional Kitchen) Red Velvet Bakery Emulsion) or as desired
- 6 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners’ sugar (Optional)
- ½ cup whole milk, or more as needed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar, or to taste (Optional)
- 6 tablespoons whipped cream, or to taste (Optional)
- 1 cup sliced strawberries, or to taste (Optional)
Instructions
- Make waffles: Whisk flour, white sugar, baking powder, cocoa powder, and salt together in a medium bowl.
- Beat buttermilk, melted butter, eggs, vanilla, and vinegar together in a large bowl until smooth. Stir in red food coloring. Add flour mixture; mix until just combined.
- Preheat a waffle iron according to manufacturer’s instructions.
- While the waffle iron is heating, make glaze: Beat cream cheese and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy. Gradually mix in confectioners’ sugar, alternating with milk and vanilla, until smooth. Set aside.
- Spoon 1/4 to 1/2 cup waffle batter into the preheated waffle iron. Cook according to manufacturer’s directions. Repeat with remaining batter.
- Lightly dust each waffle with confectioners’ sugar, drizzle with glaze, and top with whipped cream and strawberries.
- You can substitute Splenda for sugar in waffle batter.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 731 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 92 g |
| Cholesterol | 158 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 12 g |
| Saturated Fat | 22 g |
| Sodium | 967 mg |
| Sugars | 56 g |
| Fat | 36 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Didn’t have any cream cheese to make the glaze, but was looking for a good buttermilk waffle recipe. First time, made the recipe as listed (minus the red food color). A bit too much salt and the vinegar was weird. It may be perfect with the glaze? Second batch, 1/2 tsp salt and no vinegar. Perfect! Super crispy and delicious! The batter is perfect for the waffle maker.
Great recipe, didn’t make any changes and just as it is. Fluffy batter and great fluffy end result! Easy peasy for a sunday morning. I skipped the glaze though… Ok maybe a little change.
Not my favorite. I followed the recipe exactly. The waffles turned out OK. The recipe for the glaze was WAY too much. I feel like I could have made 1/2 the amount and it still would have been more than plenty. I could have saved myself some money on that one. Probably won’t make this recipe again.
Dee-liciouss!! Kids loved it!
Great recipe. We enjoyed it this Valentines morning!
I tried this recipe, and I did it step by step but they turned out GOOEY! Do you have any advice.
This recipe is awesome! After I got my waffle iron calibrated right! We really enjoyed it! Easy to make! First time baker here.