Red Velvet Cupcakes W/Cream Cheese Frosting

• CUPCAKES:
• 2-1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cocoa
• 1-1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1-1/2 cups canola oil
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1 tsp red gel food coloring dissolved in 6 tbsp water (or 1 1 oz bottle)
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• FROSTING:
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 (8oz) package cream cheese
• 1 box confectioners sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla

1. - Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare muffin tins with 24 liners
2. - Mix the flour, baking soda, and cocoa in one bowl, sugar and eggs in another, and oil, vinegar, food coloring, vanilla, and buttermilk in yet another.
3. - Add the oil mixture to the egg mixture and beat until well combined
4. - Add the flour mixture in small intervals, mixing well witah each addition
5. - Fill 24 liners up with batter 3/4 of the way full
6. - Bake for 25 minutes and let completely cool before frosting
7. - For the frosting, cream together the butter and cream cheese and add the sugar in small intervals until well mixed.
8. - Mix in the vanilla and frost the cupcakes!

flour, baking soda, cocoa, sugar, eggs, canola oil, vinegar, red gel food coloring, vanilla, buttermilk, butter, cream cheese, confectioners sugar, vanilla

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/red-velvet-cupcakes-w-cream-cheese-frosting-50126316 (may not work)