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THE BEST Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe.
Yes ladies and gentleman, you heard right.. the best. No question about it... this is the best light, fluffy, moist, red, velvety perfect cupcake.
I mentioned in my previous post that I had a couple recipes for these tricky little cupcakes that I wanted to give a try before I made my final decision for the wedding. On Wednesday I got to The Sweet Factory ready to try one out... everything was going well- the batter had a good texture, good taste, so I filled up the cupcake liners and popped em in the oven, very excited. And then I saw them...2 large, white, staring at me in the face, eggs laying right their on the counter.. I forgot the eggs! FAIL.
Giving myself a couple of days to re-coop from my failure, I told myself the next batch I made would be my last...the best.
One bite. We looked at each other, mouth full and nodded.
One small "Yes" and we knew.
The BEST Red Velvet Cupcake
Recipe from Baked: New Frontiers in Baking found on How to Eat a Cupcake
Bake time: 30 minutes Oven: 325
Yields 24 cupcakes
1/4 cup cocoa powder
2 TBS red food coloring
1/2 cup boiling water
6 TBS butter, softened
2 TBS shortening (crisco)
1 2/3 cup sugar
3 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cake flour, sifted
1 tsp salt
1 tsp vinegar (white or apple cider)
1 tsp baking soda (I accidently used baking powder)
Preheat oven to 325. Line cupcake pan with paper liners.
In a small bowl mix cocoa powder, food coloring and boiling water- set aside.
In a large bowl, beat butter and shortening until blended. Beat in sugar until light and fluffy.
Add egg one at a time, beating after each addition.
Stir buttermilk and vanilla into cocoa mix.
Alternate adding flour, salt and buttermilk mixture into butter/sugar mixture.
In another small bowl, sprinkle baking soda over vinegar and mix. Pour over batter and mix until incorporated.
Using an ice cream scoop, evenly distribute batter among cupcakes.
Bake for 30 minutes, until toothpick comes out clean and cupcake springs back to touch.
Remove cupcakes from pan to allow for cooling and place on cooling rack.
Once cooled, frost with Cream Cheese Icing or White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing.
Never try another a recipe again..
Delicious red velvet cupcakes that
just love getting their picture taken.
Happy Baking!
23 comments:
Those are lovely, and I so love red velvet cake/cupcakes:)
Those cupcake looks so adorable. It's perfect for Valentine's day.
My family loves red velvet anything:) These look so cute and I love the hearts!
Thanks for the recipe, I've never made red velvet cupcakes but you never know I may want to give them a try and now I have a great recipe:-)
Evan...you have won me over. These look beautiful, and I love how you did the hearts on the tops of the cupcakes. What a clever idea. I think that these are going to have to be made in the next few days!
Can you believe that, despite my name and my love for all things red, I've never yet tasted red velvet cake?! This situation must be remedied, and your recipe looks on target to do it - thanks!
Awwwww! They look so precious. Lovely with the sugar heart.
@Magic- If you love red velvet, then you'll be head over heels for these!
@Liv- I'm using them for a wedding so that's like the ultimate V-day right!?
@CC- Make sure to try this recipe then!
@Patty- Let me know what you think of them!
@Monet- Thanks :) Let me know what you think when you try them!
@Ruby-I think these cupcakes will live up to your expectations of all things red and your name :)
Yum red velvet! I would love to try this recipe, especially since you say it's the best! They look great, so I'll take your word for it! Saving this. :-)
I'm always just...okay....with red velvet. But since you insist that this is the BEST, I am totally believing you! They're certainly the prettiest. Love your decorations.
@ Marisa- Hope you like it! And let me know what you think!
@Tasty- I feel the same exact way about red velvet..they're such a weird cake, but this recipe could totally change that for me.
Will give velvet cake another try seeing your raves!
I baked once and it didn't taste as great... :(
best red velvet cupcakes? you have me intrigued and i'm dying to try them...but there are no eggs in the ingredients list! please add them soon, because i want to witness the light, moist, fluffiness for myself. thanks!
@Maameemoomoo- I was always impartial to them, but these are pretty darn good!
@Mayan- Thank you for catching that! I added the eggs!! Let me know what you think :)
These look so awesome. Thanks for sharing. :)
I found this recipe through Food Gawker and I'm planning on making it for a friends birthday. One of your ingredients is "salt vinegar" is that a typo? Did you just mean white vinegar? I tried Google but couldn't find anything about "salt vinegar." Please let me know!
@Sarah- Thanks! I love sharing my recipes!
@Teresa- I'm so sorry! It was a typo!! You can you just white vinegar or apple cider!! Let me know how you like them :)
They look so good!
This actually sounds perfect for V-DAY. How did you get the heart shape minus the powdered sugar on the top? Thanks for linkin up with tasty tuesdays! Come back anytime.
@Firefly- they taste good too!
@alicia- I cut out a small heart from parchment paper, placed it on top and then sprinkled powdered sugar over it! And I'll definitely be back for Tasty Tuesday!:)
Hi Evan! I love your blog! I'm gonna try this recipe tomorrow for my boys' bday party. (Yours are so pretty! I have a feeling my Toy Story alien faces just won't do them justice...)
These look soo yummy! I love red velvet and these look magical! Thanks for the recipe!
I Just finished making a batch of these AMAZING cupcakes! I'm a red velvet fan and I went through about 5 red velvet recipes, trying to find the perfect one and I'm so glad I finally found it!Thanks to you , of course! Good job!
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