The Best Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe with VIDEO

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These red velvet cupcakes are super moist, they are the best red velvet cupcake recipe ever!! How to make the best red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting!! The vibrant red velvet color of these cupcakes are perfect for val’s day, and on top of everything they are so darn delicious. Soft fluffy red velvet cupcakes that will become your go to cupcake recipe.

The Best Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe

Yield: 18 Cupcakes

The Best Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe with VIDEO

Red Velvet Cupcakes Recipe

These red velvet cupcakes are super moist, they are the best red velvet cupcake recipe ever!! How to make the best red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting!! The vibrant red velvet color of these cupcakes are perfect for val’s day, and on top of everything they are so darn delicious. Soft fluffy red velvet cupcakes that will become your go to cupcake recipe.

Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

Ingredients

Homemade Cake Flour:

  • 2 Cups all purpose flour
  • 4 TBS corn starch ( Take 4 Tablespoons of flour out and replace with 4 Tablespoons corn starch)

Red Velvet Cupcakes:

  • 2 Cups cake flour
  • 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 Tablespoon cocoa powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup Unsalted butter
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons white vinegar
  • 1 to 2 Tablespoons red gel food color

Frosting:

  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 4 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place cupcake papers in a cupcake pan.

    2. In a large mixing bowl, sift the cake flour and cocoa powder together, then whisk in the baking soda and salt. Set the dry ingredients aside.

    3. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix in vegetable oil, buttermilk, white vinegar and vanilla extract.

    4. Go ahead and mix everything together, and then add the dry ingredients (make sure you don't overmix the batter), the add red gel food color.

    5. Spoon batter into 30 paper-lined muffin cups, filling each cup 3/4 full.

    6. Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into cupcake comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack 5 minutes. Remove from pans, cool completely. Frost with Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting.

    7. For Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter in large bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Place this cream cheese frosting in the fridge for about an hour.

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