Red Velvet Cupcakes

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 3 tablespoons red food coloring
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vinegar

Recipe

• 1 cake:
• 2 heat oven to 350°f line 2 standard 12-cup cupcake tins with baking papers and set aside.
• 3 mix the cocoa, food coloring, and vanilla together in a small bowl and set aside.
• 4 beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl, using a mixer set on medium-high speed. add the yolks and beat for 1 more minute. add the cocoa mixture and beat to combine.
• 5 stir the buttermilk and salt together and add it in thirds, alternating with the flour.
• 6 mix the baking soda with the vinegar and blend into the batter.
• 7 fill each cupcake tin with 3 tablespoons batter, and bake until a toothpick inserted in the cupcake center tests clean — about 15 minutes.
• 8 cool in the pans on a wire rack for 15 minutes.
• 9 release cakes and cool completely before frosting with cooked chocolate frosting (cooked chocolate frosting).