Moist Red Velvet Cupcakes. Fluffy and moist, these buttery red velvet cupcakes are my favorite. The tangy cream cheese frosting puts them over the top! Though the red velvet cupcake itself is pretty impressive, my favorite part about this cupcake is its combination with cream cheese frosting. These red velvet cupcakes are super moist, they are the best red velvet cupcake recipe ever!! The vibrant red velvet color of these cupcakes are perfect for val's day, and on top of everything they are so darn delicious.
Learn to make moist red velvet cupcakes with a deep red color, light and fluffy that just melt in the mouth topped with my no-butter cream cheese About these red velvet cupcakes.
Bright, red, rich, moist, light and fluffy with a hint of cocoa.
These cupcakes have a soft crumb and work great with.
You can cook Moist Red Velvet Cupcakes using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Moist Red Velvet Cupcakes
- You need 1 of and 1/3 (145 grams) cake flour.
- Prepare 2 of table spoons natural unsweetened cocoa powder.
- You need 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.
- It's 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
- It's 1/4 of cup(60 grams) unsalted butter (room temperature).
- It's 1 cup (200 grams) of granulated sugar.
- You need 1 of large egg (room temperature).
- It's 1/4 cup (60 ml) of vegetable oil.
- You need 1 tablespoon of liquid red food coloring.
- You need 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract.
- You need 1/2 teaspoon of distilled white vinegar.
- It's 2/3 of cup(160 ml) buttermilk room temperature.
- You need of Butter Cream Frosting.
- You need 1 cup of butter (room temperature).
- It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
- It's 5-6 cups of confectioner's sugar.
- Prepare 1/4 cup of milk as needed..
Really, really good red velvet cupcakes can be totally elusive, right? Some are dry, some are TOO red. If you are looking for a super moist red velvet cupcake recipe, this is IT! They are everything I was hoping for - moist, fluffy, a tiny bit chocolatey, and a perfect vehicle for a heaping pile of cream.
Moist Red Velvet Cupcakes step by step
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line two standard 12 count muffin pand with 16 cupcake liners and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the cake flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Then sift the dry ingredients to remove any lumps of cocoa powder. Set aside.
- In a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, or in a large mixing bowl using an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar on medium speed for 4-5 minutes,then add the egg and mix until fully combined. Mix in oil, vanilla,red food coloring and vinegar..Stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl..
- Mix in the dry ingredients in the additions alternating with the buttermilk, starting and ending with the dry ingredients. Be careful not to over mix the batter..
- Evenly distribute the batter between all the 16 cupcake liners in the prepared muffin pan..
- Bake for 20-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Then remove the muffin pan after it cools of a little. Then transfer the cupcakes to a cooling rack..
- Add butter to a stand mixer with fitted paddle attachment and beat butter at a medium speed for 5-6 minutes until fluffy.
- Add 1 cup at a time of the confectioner's sugar until you get your desired consistency and then add the vanilla extract.
- Add milk (1 teaspoon at a time) till the mixture is nice and smooth..
Perfectly moist Red Velvet Cupcakes topped with a rich vanilla buttercream, the best homemade cupcakes made from scratch. This is such a simple recipe, and the cupcakes can be enjoyed either for Christmas or Valentine's Day, or, why not, all year round. These super easy red velvet cupcakes are. I'm changing this rule in these moist red velvet cupcakes with oil and kefir. Another ingredient that gives these cupcakes a good moistness is oil.