Red Velvet Cupcakes

Name: Red Velvet Cupcakes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups plain flour; 1 tbsp cocoa powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup caster sugar; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 2 eggs; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 tbsp white vinegar; 2 tsp red food colouring; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 250g cream cheese for frosting; 60g butter for frosting; 2 cups icing sugar for frosting

Vibrant American red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting. Adding the vinegar right at the end, straight into the batter, reacts with the bicarb to give the cupcakes their light rise and subtle tang.

Total time

40 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 1/2 cupsplain flour

1 tbspcocoa powder

1 tspbaking soda

1/2 tspsalt

1 cupcaster sugar

1/2 cupvegetable oil

2eggs

1 cupbuttermilk

1 tbspwhite vinegar

2 tspred food colouring

1 tspvanilla extract

250gcream cheese for frosting

60gbutter for frosting

2 cupsicing sugar for frosting

Instructions

Mix flour, cocoa, bicarb and salt.

Beat sugar, oil, eggs, buttermilk, vinegar, colouring and vanilla.

Fold in dry.

Fill cupcake cases to 2/3. Bake at 180°C for 18-20 minutes.

Cool. Beat cream cheese frosting. Pipe onto cupcakes.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

673

Protein

10.3g

Fat

30.8g

Carbs

90.4g

Fiber

Sodium

675mg

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