red velvet cupcake recipe

joanne is a cooking fiend! she MADE this recipe and i would like to share it with the world:

makes 36 cupcakes / 350 degree oven

3-3/4 cups cake flour (or you can use 3-1/4 cups and 3-1/2 tablespoons of Softasilk. It’s a type of flour for baking. It’s really fine and I think you get a better texture. It’s more expensive (about $3.50 for to make this recipe) so it’s up to you.)
1/2 cups cocoa
1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
3/8 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups buttermilk
1-1/2 teaspoons vinegar
1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 ounce red food coloring paste
2-1/4 cups sugar
3/4 cups butter (this brings better flavor) or you can use 2-1/4 cups of oil (this makes e cake more moist instead of dense)
3 eggs

· Preheat oven to 350°F

· Sift flour unless you’re using the softasilk, then you don’t need to sift

· Sift cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder into the bowl

· Whisk your buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla, and food coloring in a small bowl to blend

· Beat the sugar and better in a large bowl until it’s nice and fluffly about 3-4 minutes

· Add each egg while beating in between each egg

· Add the buttermilk mixture

· Beat in the rest of the dry ingredients

· Add the cupcakes into your cupcake tins

· Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees

Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting :) YUMMM-O (this recipe made a lot more than I needed. I think you can 1/2 or 2/3 the recipe to cover the cupcakes.)

· 16 ounces of cream cheese (1 package)

· 1 stick of butter ( you can add two sticks, I normally use 1 to make myself feel better)

· 5 cups of powdered sugar

· Seeds of 1 vanilla bean

· 1-1/3 teaspoon vanilla extract

Remember to add the cream cheese frosting AFTER it’s been completely cooled! Ok enjoy! :)