Red Velvet Cupcakes
 
 
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Recipe type: baking, dessert, cupcakes
Ingredients
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 tbsp cocoa
  • 1½ cups granulated sugar
  • 1 ounce bottle red food coloring, plus milk added (see note above)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 2½ cups well sifted all purpose flour
  • 1½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 tbsp distilled white vinegar
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
  2. Line 2 pans with cupcake liners.
  3. Beat the oil and 1½ cups sugar until very light and fluffy. Add in the eggs and beat well.
  4. Make a paste of cocoa and red food coloring and add it to the creamed mixture.
  5. Mix salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and buttermilk together.
  6. Add the sifted flour to the batter, alternating with the milk mixture, mixing just until incorporated.
  7. Mix soda and vinegar and gently fold into cake batter. Don't beat or stir the batter after this point.
  8. Pour batter into prepared pans.
  9. Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Cool cupcakes completely on wire rack before frosting
Recipe by The Novice Housewife at https://novicehousewife.com/2013/05/28/red-velvet-cupcakes/