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Red Velvet Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

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These red velvet cupcakes are moist, soft and beautifully red. Frosted with sweet and tangy cream cheese frosting. No one will be able to resists this delicious treat!

Ingredients

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Red velvet cupcakes

  • 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tbsp. cocoa powder
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2/3 cup vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk
  • Red food coloring *
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp distilled white vinegar

Cream cheese frosting

  • 12 oz. cream cheese, softened 
  • 6 tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup – 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Pre heat oven to 350 F. Line 16 muffin tins with cupcake liners. Set aside. 
  2. In a medium bowl sift flour, cocoa powder and baking powder. Set aside.
  3. Beat sugar, eggs and oil until well combined. Add the red food coloring.
  4. Add flour and buttermilk, alternating between the two. After each addition beat until almost combined. Do not overmix! Add one third of the flour first, mix until just combined. Add half of the buttermilk, beat. Add another one third of flour, beat. Add the rest of buttermilk, beat. Then add the last third of flour and beat until incorporated.
  5. In a separate small bowl, stir baking soda and vinegar. (it will start to fizz when you start adding the vinegar!) Add the mixture to the cupcake batter and mix until combined.
  6. Pour batter into cupcake liners filling them 1/2 – 2/3 of the way full. Bake 20-23 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool cupcakes in cupcake pan for 10 minutes. Then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely.
  7. Make the frosting:  beat cream cheese, unsalted butter and vanilla extract until smooth and combined. Add the powdered sugar and beat until well combined and smooth.
  8. Frost the cupcakes once they are cooled. 

Notes

* how much red food coloring you would like to use is up to you. For the cupcakes above I used 2 tsp of food coloring. 

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