adapted from My Baking Addiction
makes 24 cupcakes
Ingredients:
makes 24 cupcakes
Ingredients:
- 1 c cake flour
- 1/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 t salt
- 2/3 c vegetable oil
- 3/4 c sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 t vanilla extract
- 2 T red food coloring
- 1/2 c buttermilk
- 1/2 t baking soda
- 3/4 t white vinegar
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 12 cupcake wells with paper liners or spray pan with spray with nonstick cooking spray.
- Sift together cake flour, cocoa powder and salt.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, combine oil and sugar until well-blended. Add egg and mix until combined.
- Turn your mixer down to the lowest speed add vanilla then slowly add in the food coloring. Note:If you are using liquid food coloring, it will take about 2 tablespoons of coloring to get a dark red shade. I used about 1 tablespoon of gel dye to achieve the shade in the photographs. Add the dye slowly and color according to your preference.
- Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk in two batches; scrape down the side of the bowl. Continue mixing until just combined, taking care not to over mix.
- Place baking soda in a small dish, stir in vinegar and add to batter with machine running. Beat for about 10 seconds.
- Using a medium scoop (about 3 tablespoons), divide batter among between the 12 wells, filling each well about 2/3 full of batter. Bake for 20-24 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.