Red Velvet Cupcakes

Looking for delicious fluffy red velvet cupcake, stop your looking now! I`ve tried maybe recipes to get the desired texture I want and this one is by far the best! It left my family hunting me down to make more! Enjoy, and load the icing on!!

Inspiration: Ever since I was young I always had a love for red velvet cupcakes. Whenever I think of them I'm reminded of a time back when I was 7 years old. I was having the worst day a kid could possibly have at that age, not only did my boyfriend of 2 hours dump me, but I lost the favourite blue crayon. As soon as I went home I cried all of this to my parents, who could not find any way to comfort my life crisis. My Mom got an idea and out she ran to the car, which she soon returned with a scretive box. She opened the box, which to my suprise was filled with red velvet cupcakes. To make the day even better, she tripped and the cupcakes flew all over me. My day was not only better, but I ate every single one of the cupcakes, even the ones that were on the floor for more than 10 seconds. What can I say, I was 7 right?!

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter

1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk(other option listed at bottom)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 cups all purpose flour
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt

Lots of red food colouring

1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease one 12 cup muffin pan or line with 12 paper baking cups.

2. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar by hand or an electric mixture until fluffy. Mix in eggs, buttermilk, red food colouring(you can skip this step if your okay with brown cupcakes!) and vanilla. Stir in the baking soda and vinegar. Combine the flour, cocoa powder and salt; sift into the batter and stir just until blended. Spoon the batter into prepared pan. Divide evenly so all the cupcakes finish baking roughly around the same time.

3. Bake in the oven until the tops spring back when pressed lightly, roughly 20-25 minutes. Cool on pan or on a wire rack and get ready to frost!

Classic Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting

 Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter softened

3-4 cups powdered sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 tablespoon vanilla extract

4 tablespoons milk or heavy cream

1. Beat the butter for a few minutes so it is very easy to work with. Add 3 cups of powdered sugar and mix until fully incorporated with the butter. Add the vanilla, salt, and 2 Tb of milk/cream and beat for 3 minutes.

TIP- if your frosting needs a more stiff consistency, add remaining sugar. If your frosting needs to be thinned out, add milk.

When decorating you can apply the icing with a knife or spatula... or pipe it on!! The easiest way to get the icing in your piping bag is to place the bag into a cup. Wrap the bag around the outer edge of the cup and fill it up with icing. These is a hands free and less mess way to get the icing flowing!


EXTRA- Sprinkle a little cinnamon to the finished iced product to give it a little extra flare!

BUTTERMILK

Instead of buying buttermilk for this one recipe you can make your own! Take 1 cup of milk and add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. Stir and let sit for 5 minutes, and your ready to go!