Red velvet Cupcakes
 
 
Recipe type: adapted from allrecipes.com
Serves: 26-30
Ingredients
  • 2¼ cups flour
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2¼ cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ½ cup buttermilk ( I make mine by adding 1 tbsp of vinegar to enough milk to make ½ cup)
  • 1 (1 ounce) bottle Red Food Color
  • 4 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
For the cream cheese frosting: (the cream cheese and butter must be cold, resulting in a less runny frosting)
  • 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
  • ½ cup butter
  • 2-3 cups sifted confectioners' sugar ( the original recipe calls for 2 cups, but I had to add more to make a more stable frosting. That said, the added sugar did not make the frosting too sweet)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. Set aside.
  2. Cream the butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed for about 5 minutes or until light and fluffy.
  3. Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
  4. Mix in sour cream, buttermilk, food color and vanilla.
  5. Gradually beat in the flour mixture on low speed until just blended. Do not overbeat. Spoon batter into 30 paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup ⅔ full. ( I got about 26 medium sized cupcakes)
  6. Bake 18-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cupcake comes out clean. Make sure you do not over bake them else they will be dry.
  7. Cool in pans on wire rack for 5 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely before frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
  1. Beat the COLD cream cheese, butter and Vanilla Extract in large bowl until light and fluffy. Scrape bowl, and beat again. Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar until smooth.
note: If the frosting is too runny, put the frosting in the refrigerator for 20 minutes, beating it again, then piping it on. Also make sure your cupcakes are completely cooled.
Recipe by The Novice Housewife at https://novicehousewife.com/2013/12/16/absence-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder-right/