real red velvet cup cakes. What makes red velvet stand out from say, chocolate cupcakes, is its wonderfully buttery flavor. I love that about red velvet. And during some recipe testing, I threw that flavor aside because all I could concentrate on was "make this cupcake moist, sally." And we all know oil brings so much moisture to.
But my son loves red velvet and asked if I could try making cupcakes for his birthday to go along with one of his favorite meals Crock Pot Beef Stroganoff. Classic red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting are always a hit! These are moist and flavorful, with a hint of cocoa and a slight buttermilk tang. You can have real red velvet cup cakes using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of real red velvet cup cakes
- You need of all purpose flour.
- Prepare of cocoa powder.
- It's of baking soda.
- It's of baking powder.
- You need of salt.
- You need of unsalted butter.
- It's of buttermilk.
- It's of egg.
- You need of vanilla extract.
- Prepare of red food coloring.
I'm posting on a Monday this week, instead of Tuesday like I usually do. I just wanted to make sure you saw these awesome red velvet. PERFECT red velvet cupcakes have a soft crumb, moist texture, hint of chocolate, and a gorgeous bright red color. Use real butter - not margarine.
real red velvet cup cakes step by step
- preheat oven 350°.
- line 12 muffin pan an set aside.
- in a small bowl mix together the first five ingredients an set aside.
- cream together sugar an butter add egg and vanilla then mix until well combined and creamy.
- mix on low half dry ingredients and half buttermilk make sure its blended.
- add other half don't over mix.
- use enough food coloring to dark red.
I found that butter instead of oil produced red velvet cupcakes with the best texture and flavor. Mix the red food coloring into the buttermilk before. All red velvet cakes have specific ingredients in common: cocoa powder, white vinegar, buttermilk and baking soda; the reaction of the vinegar with the buttermilk helps to pull out the red color in the cocoa powder. CAN YOU MAKE RED VELVET Cupcakes WITHOUT BUTTERMILK? The best quote about the allure of red velvet cake comes from Southern food writer Angie Mosier, who said, "It's the Dolly Parton of cakes — a little bit tacky, but you love her." Classic red velvet cupcakes with a luscious cream cheese frosting.