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Blue Velvet Cupcakes # 2

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Category: Holiday, Kids, Cakes

 Ingredients List

  • 2 C sugar
  • 2 sticks butter, at room temperature
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 T cocoa powder
  • 1 T Wilton royal blue gel food coloring
  • 1 small dab of Wilton violet gel food coloring
  • 2½ C cake flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 C buttermilk
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • 1 T vinegar

 Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare cupcake pan(s) with paper liners.

2. In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter, mix until light and fluffy. Add the eggs 1 at a time and mix well after each addition. Mix cocoa and food colorings together to form a paste, and then add to sugar mixture; mix well. Sift together flour and salt. Add flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Blend in vanilla. In a small bowl, combine baking soda and vinegar and add to mixture.

3. Pour batter into cupcake papers. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool completely before frosting.

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