Red Velvet Cupcakes

With its distinct look, the popular red velvet cupcake is a top
contender for favorite flavor. These red velvet cupcakes are
easy to whip up for your next get-together. Top them off with
a cream cheese frosting that's just as tasty as the red velvet
cupcake itself.

Makes 24
YIELD

Ingredients Directions

2 1/2 cups cake 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line standard muffin tins with paper
liners. Whisk together cake flour, cocoa, and salt.
flour (not self- Ingredients
rising), sifted Ingredientson 2. With an electric mixer on medium-high speed, whisk together
sugar and oil until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until
2 tablespoons on sale each is incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Mix in
unsweetened sale food color and vanilla.
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these 3. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in three batches,
cocoa powder
ingredients alternating with two additions of buttermilk, and whisking well after
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aren't on each. Stir together the baking soda and vinegar in a small bowl (it
1 teaspoon salt Chopper
sale near will foam); add mixture to the batter, and mix on medium speed 10
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4. Divide batter evenly among lined cups, filling each three-quarters
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full. Bake, rotating tins halfway through, until a cake tester inserted
 1 in centers comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer tins to wire
BARRE racks to cool completely before removing cupcakes. Cupcakes can be
VT stored overnight at room temperature, or frozen up to 2 months, in
Domino 05641 airtight containers.
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5. To finish, use a small offset spatula to spread cupcakes with
Granulated
frosting.
Sugar
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Cook's Notes
10/07

Gel-paste food color is much more concentrated than the

1 1/2 cups vegetable oil supermarket liquid variety; if you substitute the liquid, you may
need to add an entire bottle (1.5 ounces) to achieve the desired
Wesson Vegetable Oil shade.

Regular
$1.77 thru 10/07

2 large eggs, room temperature

Eggland's Best Eggs

White, Large
2 for $5.00 thru 10/07

Eggland's Best Eggs

White, Extra Large
2 for $5.00 thru 10/07

1/2 teaspoon red gel-paste food color

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1 cup buttermilk

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar

Cream Cheese Frosting for Classic Cupcakes

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