Vanilla red velvet cupcakes

Name: Vanilla red velvet cupcakes
Yield: 12 cupcakes
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1 and 1/2 cup of all purpose flour; 1/2 cup melted butter or margarine; 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup milk; 2 eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla essence; 1 teaspoon cocoa powder; 1/4 teaspoon red colour

MissMaina @cook_9315167

I have been wanting to eat vanilla cupcakes for sometime so I chose to bake them. My initial plan was to make plain vanilla cupcakes but I saw red colour for velvet cakes and I thought why not have half the batter vanilla and other half velvet. That's what I did. See the recipe below. I hope you enjoy the cupcakes as I am.

MissMaina @cook_9315167

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Ingredients

12 cupcakes

1and 1/2 cup of all purpose flour
1/2 cupmelted butter or margarine
1/2 cupsugar
1/2 teaspoonbaking powder
1/4 teaspoonsalt
1/2 cupmilk
2eggs
1 teaspoonvanilla essence
1 teaspooncocoa powder
1/4 teaspoonred colour

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Steps

1

In a medium bowl mix flour, salt and baking powder.
2

In a large bowl mix with a folk or whisk butter/margarine and sugar. Add vanilla essence and one egg at a time. Gradually add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternating with milk. Start and finish with flour.
3

Preheat oven to 350F. Line the muffin tray with the muffin cases. If you don't have any, grease your muffin pan/s with butter/margarine (use what you used in the recipe so that you can have consistency)
4

Using a tablespoon pour half of the batter in the muffin trays or cases. For the remaining half of the batter add the cocoa powder; whisk until fully combined; then add the red colour. Whisk until combined
5

Using a tablespoon add the red batter on top of the vanilla batter in the cases or muffin trays. The batter should be 1/4 of the cup to give room for it to rise. Place the tray/s in the preheated oven.
6

Bake for 20 minutes. Use a toothpick to check whether the cupcake is ready.