Mini Red Velvet Cupcakes With Hot Pink Frosting

• 2-2/3 cups cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoon unsweetened
• cocoa powder
• 2 sticks unsalted butter at
• room temperature
• 1-1/2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs at room
• temperature
• 2 tablespoons vanilla
• 1/2 cup buttermilk at room
• temperature
• 1/2 cup sour cream at room
• temperature
• 2 tablespoons red food
• coloring
• 2 tablespoons vinegar
• Hot Pink Frosting
• 16 ounces cream cheese at room
• temperature
• 1 stick butter at room
• temperature
• 4 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 boxes of confectioner's
• sugar
• 2 tablespoons red cake
• decorating icing
• Red sprinkling sugar for
• garnish.

1. In a medium bowl, sift together the cake flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa
2. powder.
3. Whisk buttermilk, sour cream,
4. and red food coloring into a
5. large liquid measure; add the
6. vinegar.
7. In a large bowl (or in the bowl of an electric mixer),
8. cream the butter and sugar
9. together until light and fluffy; about 2 minutes. Beat
10. in the eggs one at a time,
11. until well blended; add the
12. vanilla.
13. Alternate adding the buttermilk and flour mixtures to the creamed butter mixture
14. and blend until smooth.
15. Pour into the prepared muffin
16. pans, dividing evenly. Bake
17. for 15 to 18 minutes or until
18. tops sring back when lightly
19. pressed. Let cupcakes cool on
20. wire rack before frosting.
21. To make the frosting, beat the butter and cream cheese
22. together until smooth; blend
23. in the vanilla and red
24. decorating icing. Add the
25. confectioner's sugar slowly
26. and well combined. Spoon
27. frosting into a pastry bag.
28. (The frosting can be made with
29. in electric mixer.)

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/mini-red-velvet-cupcakes-with-hot-pink-frosting-1275001 (may not work)