easy red velvet cupcakes
Excerpted from my book, “Cupcake Cookbook for Kids“.
Ingredients
nonstick cooking spray
6 tablespoons unsalted butter (almost a full stick) at room temperature, plus more if using to line the cupcake pan
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoons vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 large egg
1 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon cocoa powder (not sweetened)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon fine salt
3/4 cup sugar
red food coloring
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a 12-cup muffin pan with either paper liners, butter or nonstick spray.
Mix the wet ingredients. In a large bowl combine the buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla and egg.
Mix the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
Cream the butter. In the bowl of a standing mixer, beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until fluffy, about 3 minutes.
Combine the ingredients. Alternate adding wet and dry ingredients in 2 batches of each. Mix for 10 seconds in between each addition.
Add the red. Drop 5-7 drops of food coloring into the batter and mix until even.
Bake. Use an ice cream scoop to evenly distribute the batter into 12 cups. Bake for 18-20 minutes at 350 degrees F.
When completely cool, frost with cream cheese frosting.
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