How to Prepare Delicious Moist Red Velvet Cupcakes

Moist Red Velvet Cupcakes.

You can have Moist Red Velvet Cupcakes using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Moist Red Velvet Cupcakes

1. It's 1 of and 1/3 (145 grams) cake flour.
2. You need 2 of table spoons natural unsweetened cocoa powder.
3. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.
4. You need 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
5. Prepare 1/4 of cup(60 grams) unsalted butter (room temperature).
6. Prepare 1 cup (200 grams) of granulated sugar.
7. You need 1 of large egg (room temperature).
8. You need 1/4 cup (60 ml) of vegetable oil.
9. Prepare 1 tablespoon of liquid red food coloring.
10. Prepare 1 teaspoon of pure vanilla extract.
11. It's 1/2 teaspoon of distilled white vinegar.
12. It's 2/3 of cup(160 ml) buttermilk room temperature.
13. Prepare of Butter Cream Frosting.
14. It's 1 cup of butter (room temperature).
15. It's 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
16. It's 5-6 cups of confectioner's sugar.
17. It's 1/4 cup of milk as needed..

Moist Red Velvet Cupcakes step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Line two standard 12 count muffin pand with 16 cupcake liners and set aside.
2. 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.
3. 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..
4. 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..
5. Evenly distribute the batter between all the 16 cupcake liners in the prepared muffin pan..
6. 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..
7. Add butter to a stand mixer with fitted paddle attachment and beat butter at a medium speed for 5-6 minutes until fluffy.
8. Add 1 cup at a time of the confectioner's sugar until you get your desired consistency and then add the vanilla extract.
9. Add milk (1 teaspoon at a time) till the mixture is nice and smooth..