Red Velvet Cupcakes

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 2/3 cup oil
• 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 (1 ounce) bottle red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (16 ounce) can prepared vanilla icing
• 1 (16 ounce) can prepared chocolate icing
• additional red food coloring

Recipe

• 1 line muffin pans with 18 cupcake liners. preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 in a large bowl, mix sour cream and oil with a wire whisk. sift flour and cocoa powder into the bowl. add sugar. beat until just moistened. add eggs and beat on medium for 2 minutes, until smooth. stir in bottle of food coloring and vanilla. fill liners 2/3 full.
• 3 bake cupcakes at 350°f for 22-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean. cool in pans for 10 minutes. remove from pans and place on wire rack.
• 4 tint vanilla frosting light pink with the additional red food coloring. frost half the cupcakes with chocolate icing, half with pink icing.