Amazing “Sexy” Blue Velvet Cupcakes – A Bite Of Pleasure

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 1/2 tsp Baking soda
  • 2 1/2 cups Cake flour
  • 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
  • 4 cups Confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 2 tsp Vanilla
  • 1 small dab Violet gel food coloring
  • 1 tbsp Wilton royal blue gel food coloring

• Oils & Vinegars

  • 1 tbsp Vinegar

• Dairy

  • 1/2 lb Butter
  • 2 sticks Butter
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 lb Cream cheese

Found on juliescafebakery.com

Description

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• ½ pound (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
• 1 Tbsp Wilton royal blue gel food coloring
• 1 small dab of violet gel food coloring (I dipped in a toothpick and used that much)
• 2 ½ cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• For the frosting
• 1 pound cream cheese, softened
• 2 sticks butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups sifted confectioners sugar (I hate sifting; I whir it up in the food processor instead to aerate and get lumps out)

Directions

• Preheat your oven to 350 F and line cupcake pans with liners
• Cream sugar and butter in mixing bowl till light and fluffy, then add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each egg
• Mix cocoa and food coloring together to make a paste -- this took a while to mix thoroughly with all gel, but it came together nicely; add this paste to sugar mixture and mix well again
• Sift (or buzz in food processor) flour and salt, and add to creamed mixture a bit at a time, alternating with buttermilk, then mix in vanilla
• Combine baking soda and vinegar in a small bowl and add to cake batter; mix just to combine
• Scoop thick batter into cupcake liners, filling about 2/3 full, and bake for probably 25-30 minutes, but start checking at 20 -- mine were done at about the 22/23 minute mark; watch for toothpick inserted in center to come out clean
• Remove cupcakes from oven and allow cool completely on a wire rack
• Now make frosting!
• Beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla with electric mixer until nice and smooth
• Add sugar gradually and beat on low till combined, then beat on high speed until very light and very fluffy