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Red Velvet Cupcakes

8
Points® value
Total Time
40 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
25 min
Serves
16
Difficulty
Moderate
Fantastically festive and fun to eat. These tasty cakes are sure to win applause for both taste and eye-appeal. Make sure you have red food colouring on hand.

Ingredients

All-purpose flour

2¼ cup(s)

Table salt

1 tsp(s)

Baking soda

1 tsp(s)

Unsweetened cocoa powder

2 tbsp(s)

1% low-fat buttermilk

1¼ cup(s)

White vinegar

1 tsp(s)

Vanilla extract

2 tsp(s), divided

Sugar

¾ cup(s), granulated

Light butter

¼ cup(s), softened

Raw egg

2 large

Powdered sugar (confectioner's)

1 cup(s)

Neufchâtel cheese

2 tbsp(s), softened

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Prepare 16 muffin tins with paper muffin liners.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking soda and cocoa; set aside.
  3. In another large bowl, mix together buttermilk, vinegar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract; set aside.
  4. With an electrical mixer on high speed, cream granulated sugar with butter until light and fluffy. Reduce mixer speed and add eggs, one at a time, until well-incorporated.
  5. Add about 1/3 each of flour and buttermilk mixtures to sugar mixture; beat until just combined. Repeat until all of flour and buttermilk mixtures are incorporated; add 1 1/2 ounces of red food colouring and mix well with mixer (do not over beat batter).
  6. Fill each muffin tin about 2/3 full with batter.
  7. Bake until a toothpick inserted in centre of a cupcake comes out dry, about 25 minutes; cool for 5 minutes in pan and then cool completely on a wire rack.
  8. Meanwhile, to make icing, combine powdered sugar, cheese and remaining teaspoon of vanilla in a medium bowl. Beat with an electric mixer until well-combined and creamy. For a looser icing, add 1 to 2 teaspoons of warm water. Ice cooled cupcakes. Yields 1 iced cupcake per serving.

Notes

You can make green velvet cupcakes, too, by dividing the batter in half and adding green food colouring to one half and red to the other. Or you can combine 2 parts green food colouring and 1 part blue food colouring to yield a forest green.

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