Red Velvet Cupcakes

Name: Red Velvet Cupcakes
Total time: 1620 s
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups flour; 1/2 cup cocoa powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup softened butter; 2 cups sugar; 4 eggs; 1 cup sour cream; 1/2 cup milk; 1 ounce red food coloring; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese; 1/4 cup softened butter; 2 tbsp sour cream; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 4 cups powdered sugar

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Red Velvet Cupcakes

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Ingredients

27 mins

2 1/2 cupsflour
1/2 cupcocoa powder
1 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspsalt
1 cupsoftened butter
2 cupssugar
4eggs
1 cupsour cream
1/2 cupmilk
1 ouncered food coloring
2 tspvanilla extract
1 pkg (8 oz)cream cheese
1/4 cupsoftened butter
2 tbspsour cream
2 tspvanilla extract
4 cupspowdered sugar

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Steps

27 mins

1

Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl.
2

Cream together softened butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in eggs.
3

Mix in sour cream, milk, vanilla, and food coloring. Beat in dry mixture until just blended, do not overmix.
4

Spoon batter into 2 dozen regular size muffin cups, filling about 2/3 full. Bake for 20 minutes, or for 12 minutes if using mini muffin cups.
5

Beat softened butter with vanilla until smooth, then add sifted confectioners sugar until a thick buttercream forms.
6

Add room temperature cream cheese last and beat on the lowest setting for one minute until just combined.
7

Pipe cream cheese frosting onto cooled cupcakes and decorate as desired.