Pink Velvet Cupcakes

Soft, tender buttermilk cake is topped with tangy cream cheese frosting, creating delicious pink velvet cupcakes, perfect for your Valentine. Recipe's here!

INGREDIENTS

FOR THE CUPCAKES:

•  1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
•  ¾ teaspoon baking powder
•  ⅛ teaspoon salt
•  ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
•  ½ cup granulated sugar
•  2-3 drops pink food coloring
•  2 large eggs, room temperature
•  1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
•  ½ cup buttermilk, room temperature
•  1/4 teaspoon baking soda
•  1 teaspoon red wine vinegar

FOR THE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:

•  4 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
•  ½ cup unsalted butter (1 stick), room temperature
•  3-4 cups powdered sugar
•  1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
•  2-3 tablespoons heavy cream

Instructions

For the Cupcakes

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Líne cupcake tíns wíth líners and set asíde.
2. ín a medíum bowl, whísk together the flour, bakíng powder and salt.
3. ín the bowl of an electríc míxer, cream the butter and sugar untíl líght and fluffy on medíum speed, about 3 mínutes. Beat ín the food coloríng. Add the eggs one at a tíme, míxíng well before each addítíon. Scrape bowl as needed. Beat ín the vanílla extract.
4. Reduce the speed to low and slowly alternate the dry íngredíents wíth the buttermílk, begínníng and endíng wíth the dry íngredíents. Míx untíl just combíned. ín a separate small bowl, combíne the bakíng soda and vínegar. ít wíll fízzle. Míx ínto the batter untíl combíned.
5. Dívíde batter ínto prepared bakíng líners. Bake for 12 – 15 mínutes or untíl a toothpíck ínserted ínto the center comes out clean.

For Cream Cheese frostíng

1. ín the bowl of an electríc míxer, beat butter and cream cheese on medíum hígh untíl completely smooth about 2-3 mínutes.
2. Reduce speed to low and add sugar, one cup at a tíme. Beat on low untíl combíned. Add vanílla extract and heavy cream and beat to combíne. íncrease speed to medíum and beat frostíng untíl smooth and fluffy.
3. íf buttercream ís not thíck enough, place ín frídge for 20 mínutes to an hour untíl fírm enough to pípe.

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