Red Velvet cupcakes w/ Cream cheese frosting

Homemade Red Velvet cupcakes and cream cheese frosting!

Red Velvet is actually my most favorite cupcake! It has that cocoa flavor but the color is red and the texture is so moist! Cream Cheese frosting just makes this cupcake so perfect! So rich, creamy, and cheesy combination! Oh my! ^___^

Cupcakes Ingredients: 

• All purpose flour = 1 1/4 cup
• Cocoa powder = 2 tbsp
• Baking powder = 1/2 tsp
• Baking soda = 1/2 tsp
• Salt = 1/4 tsp
• Unsalted butter, room temp. = 1/2 cup
• White sugar/Baking sugar = 3/4 cup
• Buttermilk = 3/4 cup
• Egg = 1 whole
• Vanilla ext. = 1 tsp
• Red food color = 2 drops

Process: 

• Preheat your oven at 350 degrees
• Mix all of the dry ingredients together in a bowl (This recipe doesn't require hand mixer or stand mixer, if you are not too tired and you need arm exercise. This will be a great one) . Sifting is a must when baking! You want no lumps in your cupcakes, cakes or any baking. Fine sifting is a must! 
• Cream together the butter, sugar until soften. Add egg and vanilla ext. until finely combined. 
• Add your dry ingredient by half and then add half off the buttermilk, mix it well. Add the rest of the dry ingredient and the remaining buttermilk. Mix it for about 3 - 4 minutes until everything is incorporated. 
• Drop one or two of the red food coloring. Before of using food coloring. They stain!
• Line your paper cupcakes in a cupcake mold. This recipe makes about 12 medium size cupcakes.
• Scoop the batter with an ice cream scoop if you have one and if you don't all you need is a spoon. Just make sure you divide them equally so they turn out to a same size. 
• Toss this in the oven and let it bake for about 20 minutes to 22 minutes. This really depends on your oven temperature. Some oven doesn't as long and some take a bit longer. Just get to understand your oven :). 
• You can always check, when the batter rises and it reaches the timing already, just insert a knife or a toothpick in the middle of the cupcakes. If it comes out clean, it means your cupcakes are ready! 
• Take them out from the oven, let them cool completely on a wire rack. 

Cream Cheese frosting: 

• Powder sugar = 2 cups
• Cream cheese (room temp.) = 2 oz
• Unsalted butter, (room temp.) = 2 tbsp
• Milk = 1 tbsp
• Vanilla ext. = 1 tsp

Process: 

• Combine all of the ingredient together, whisk it until it is all well combined like a paste and spreadable. If it is too thick and you can add 1 tsp of milk at a time but don't let it become runny. 
• You can store this in the fridge for later use.
• Pipe some of this frosting onto the cool cupcakes or you can just spread it with a knife. 
• I like my Red Velvet cupcakes with different varieties of fruits. Strawberry is a big hit when I made these cupcakes! 
• Enjoy! :)