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Red-Velvet Cupcakes




Source of Recipe


TasteoftheSouth






List of Ingredients



• 1 cup all-purpose flour
  
• 3/4 cup sugar
  
• 1/4 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
  
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  
• 1 egg
  
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
  
• 1/2 teaspoon white distilled vinegar
  
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  
• 1 1/2 teaspoons red food coloring
  
• 1 recipe Cream-Cheese Icing (Recipe follows.)
  
• Garnish: sliced almonds, cupcake crumbs
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 325°. Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper liners.
   
2. In a mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and baking soda.
   
3. Add egg, oil, buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla, and food coloring and beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until combined.
   
4. Divide batter evenly among prepared muffin cups.
   
   
5. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a tester inserted near center comes out clean.
   
6. Cool for 10 minutes in pan. Remove cupcakes from pan and let cool completely on wire racks. Reserve crumbs from edges of cupcakes for garnish. Frost cooled cupcakes with Cream-Cheese Icing.
   
7. Garnish with sliced almonds and reserved crumbs.
   






Final Comments


Yield: 12 cupcakes

Cream-Cheese Icing
Yield: 1 1/2 cups

1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract

• In a mixing bowl, beat all ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy.