Red Velvet Cupcakes

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 36
• 3 3/4 cups cake flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder or 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 3/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
• 3 teaspoons vinegar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1/2 ounce red food coloring paste
• 2 1/4 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup butter
• 3 eggs

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder (or cream of tarter), and salt into medium bowl.
• 3 whisk buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla, and food coloring in small bowl to blend.
• 4 beat sugar and butter in large bowl until well fluffy, 3 minutes.
• 5 add eggs 1 at a time, beating until well blended after each addition, about 30 seconds.
• 6 beat in dry ingredients in 4 additions alternately with buttermilk mixture in 3 additions.
• 7 scoop into cupcake tins.
• 8 bake cupcakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• 9 cool in pans 10 minutes.
• 10 cool completely on racks.