How to Make Red Velvet Cup Cakes

Are you searching for special desserts that are not only delicious but super easy to make? Then Red Velvet Cupcakes are the right option for you as they are trouble-free to prepare and have an amazing flavor. These effortless food cakes are known for their vivacious color, which is the result of the cocoa powder in the ingredients. You can serve your red velvet cupcakes with a dollop of any of your favorite icing to enhance their overall sweet flavor. Once you bake these cupcakes, you can preserve them in your refrigerator and use for the whole week.

This simple recipe of red velvet cupcakes is easy and fun to make. It makes 24 red velvet cupcakes but you can increase the quantity of the ingredients if you want to serve them on Christmas or to larger groups of people.

Read the simple instructions given below and make delicious red velvet cupcakes at your home:

Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
Serving size: 24 red velvet cupcakes
Utensils: muffin pans, cupcake paper, oven, refrigerator, mixing bowls, whisk, handheld electric mixer, toothpick
Ingredients:

- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon red food coloring
- 1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1

First of all, preheat your oven at 350 degree Fahrenheit (F°), placing the rack right in the center.

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2

Now, pick two muffin pans, with 12 cups each, and line both of them with cupcake paper. Set the muffin pans aside until you prepare the raw velvet cupcakes.
3

Take a large mixing bowl and place 2 ½ cups all -purpose flour in it.
4

Top the flour with 1 ½ cups of sugar and 1 teaspoon of baking soda.

Note: Baking Soda helps to moist your red velvet cupcakes.
5

Add in 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder and 1 teaspoon of salt.
6

Pick a large whisk and mix the ingredients for a few seconds until they blend into one another. Set this mixture aside for some time and move ahead.
7

Take another large mixing bowl and pour in 1 ½ cup of pure vegetable oil.
8

Top the vegetable oil with 1 cup of buttermilk and crack in two large eggs.

Note: Frozen buttermilk and eggs take time to mix with rest of the ingredients. Therefore, make sure to place them at room temperature before adding to the bowl.
9

Top the buttermilk-egg mixture with 2 teaspoons of red food coloring, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and 1 teaspoon of white distilled vinegar.
10

Select a handheld electric mixer and blend the ingredients for 5 to 10 seconds.
11

Add in the previously prepared mixture of dry ingredients and again turn on the handheld electric mixer to mix together the ingredients for another 10 seconds until all elements coat well and are smooth. Continue mixing until it forms a smooth and soft batter -neither too hard nor too wobbly.
12

Pick an ice cream scoop and divide the red velvet cupcakes batter equally among the previously lined 24 cups of muffin pans.

Note: Do not over-pour the cups of the muffin pans as they expand on baking. Therefore 2/3 filling is enough.
13

Place the muffin pans in the pre-heated oven and bake them for at least 20 to 25 minutes.

Note: Make sure to turn the muffin pans half way through the baking period. However, do not forget to wear thick woolen gloves during baking of the red velvet cupcakes.
14

Check the red velvet cupcakes by inserting a clean toothpick right into the center of each cupcake. If it is clean when pulled out, then it means the cupcakes are ready. On the other hand, if the toothpick has batter stuck to it, then bake them for a few more minutes.
15

Once you bake the red velvet cupcakes, remove them from the oven and set both of the muffin pans on a wire cooling rack for 5 to 10 minutes to chill them so they can be handled easily.
16

Now, remove the cupcakes from the muffin pans and arrange them on a serving tray.
17

Your red velvet cupcakes are all set. Place them in a refrigerator to chill well before frosting them. How To Decorate Red Velvet Cupcakes will give you some ideas.

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Tips & Warnings
• In order to make your red velvet cupcakes moist and delicious, make sure not to make any changes in the above mentioned ingredients and their ratio.