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Chef John's Red Velvet Cupcakes

Rated: Submitted By: Chef John Photo By: Chef John Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes Ready n: 1 Hour Servin!s: 12

"Use Chef John's recipe to make a dozen little bites of red velvet deliciousness !erve "ith cream cheese frostin# "

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$r% in#redients& 1 1'( cups all)purpose flour ( tablespoons uns"eetened cocoa po"der 1'* teaspoon bakin# soda 1'2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon bakin# po"der +et in#redients& 1'* cup butter, softened 1 cup "hite su#ar 2 lar#e e##s ('* cup buttermilk 2 teaspoons "hite vine#ar 1 teaspoon vanilla e-tract 1 tablespoon red food colorin#

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'( .reheat oven to (/0 de#rees 0 112/ de#rees C3 4ine 12 muffin cups "ith paper liners )( !ift flour, cocoa, bakin# soda, salt, and bakin# po"der to#ether in a lar#e mi-in# bo"l until combined *( .lace butter and su#ar into the "ork bo"l of a lar#e stand mi-er fitted "ith a "hisk attachment 5eat butter and su#ar to#ether until li#ht and fluff% !crape do"n attachment and bo"l 6dd e##s into butter)su#ar mi-ture, one at a time, mi-in# the first e## in thorou#hl% before addin# the second !crape do"n sides of bo"l as %ou "ork +( 5eat buttermilk and vine#ar into moist in#redients, follo"ed b% vanilla e-tract and red food colorin# Mi- until color is even ,( .our dr% in#redients into "et in#redients and #entl% "hisk b% hand until batter is smooth !poon batter into prepared muffin cups, fillin# them about ('* full -( 5ake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 20 to 2/ minutes 4et sit in the pan for 10 minutes7 remove cupcakes from pan and cool completel% on a

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Chef John's Red Velvet Cupcakes (continued)

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cooling rack before frosting. Unwrap cupcakes before frosting.
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