Red Velvet Cupcakes are a delicious, chocolatey, vibrant treat that most folks seem to love! Don’t miss my amazing Red Velvet Cake, full-sized Red Velvet Cupcakes, and Red Velvet Peanut Butter Blossoms!
Red Velvet Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups all purpose Flour
- 4 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg, at room temperature
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon red food coloring
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat sugar, egg, and oil for 1 to 2 minutes or until fluffy.
- Beat in food coloring and vanilla.
- Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, making three additions of flour and two of buttermilk and beating on low speed until smooth.
- Stir in vinegar.
- Prepare MINI cupcake pan with liners if desired.
- Fill each well with about 1 1/2 tbsp batter. (If using a regular cupcake pan, use about 2 1/2 tablespoons of batter)
- Bake for 6 to 8 minutes (or 14-18 in a regular pan) or until a tester inserted in the center of the cupcake comes out clean.
- Transfer cupcakes to a wire rack to cool.
- Repeat with remaining batter.
- Frost with cream cheese frosting.
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Red Velvet Cupcakes (Mini)
These adorable little red velvet cupcakes are a perfect treat! Bite-sized mean you can eat more. I mean, bite-sized means you can enjoy them without all the guilt of a full sized cupcake!
I decided to pair my mini red velvet cupcakes with my favorite ever cream cheese frosting. Although it seems controversial, I love cream cheese with red velvet anything. If you want a classic ermine recipe, here you go!
Tips for Baking the Perfect Red Velvet Cupcake
Because I adore you all so much I am going to give you my three TRIED & TESTED tips for perfect cupcakes:
- Room temperature ingredients.
- Oven Placement- try to make sure pans never touch each other or the sides of the oven
- Oven Temperature- try decreasing temperature by 25 degrees after you place cupcakes in oven.
By doing these things in conjunction with a reliable recipe, you are guaranteed cupcake success!
My coworkers got me a KitchenAid stand mixer as a thank you for all the baking I do for them.
I cried.
And went home that night and made brownies.
lenox chirp dinnerware from my mother-in-law 🙂
red velvet is my husband’s favorite! i can’t wait to make these!
we received several homecooked meals from friends after an extended stay in the hospital with my daughter. so sweet.
My last gift was an Oklahoma State Univ. T shirt!!! Go Pokes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I recieved a beautiful charm necklace from my former co workers.
Hmmm…the last gift I got was probably a drawing or painting from my daughter (8 years old). She’s constantly painting, drawing or otherwise entrenched in artworks! The last real gift I got was a set of double pointed knitting needles and some sock yarn from my mom to get me started making socks. I’m almost done with one! 🙂
I gifted myself a beautiful bling-covered cake stand that will look lovely displayed during the holidays.
A cupcake decorating set from a coworker!
The last gift I was given was the gift of time from my very busy husband who canceled his appointments and made time for me and accompanied me to a class so I wouldn’t have to go alone! : )
The last gift I received was a cookbook from my sister for my birthday. Thanks for the chance to enter.