Chef John's Red Velvet Cupcakes

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• dry ingredients:
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• wet ingredients:
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup white sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoons white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon red food coloring

Recipe

Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
• sift flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, and baking powder together in a large mixing bowl until combined.
• place butter and sugar into the work bowl of a large stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment. beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. scrape down attachment and bowl. add eggs into butter-sugar mixture, one at a time, mixing the first egg in thoroughly before adding the second. scrape down sides of bowl as you work.
• beat buttermilk and vinegar into moist ingredients, followed by vanilla extract and red food coloring. mix until color is even.
• pour dry ingredients into wet ingredients and gently whisk by hand until batter is smooth. spoon batter into prepared muffin cups, filling them about 3/4 full.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. let sit in the pan for 10 minutes; remove cupcakes from pan and cool completely on a cooling rack before frosting. unwrap cupcakes before frosting.