Blue Velvet Cupcakes and Finding the Perfect Hue

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Cakes – 2 cups sugar – ½ pound 2 sticks butter, at room temperature – 2 eggs – 1 tablespoon cocoa powder – 1 tablespoon Wilton royal blue gel food coloring – 1 small dab of Wilton violet gel food coloring – 2½ cups cake flour – 1 teaspoon salt

– 1 cup buttermilk – 1 teaspoon vanilla extract – ½ teaspoon baking soda – 1 tablespoon vinegar

Frosting: – 1 pound cream cheese softened – 2 sticks butter softened – 1 teaspoon vanilla extract – 4 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare cupcake pan(s) with paper liners. Cake: – 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. – Pour batter into cupcake papers. Batter will be thick! Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out

clean. Remove from oven and cool completely before frosting. Frosting: – In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla together until smooth. Add the sugar and on low speed, beat until incorporated. Increase the speed to high and mix until very light and fluffy.

Frost the cupcakes with a butter knife or pipe it on with a big star tip. Embellish as desired.

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Blue Velvet Cupcakes and Finding the Perfect Hue

Cakes – 2 cups sugar – ½ pound 2 sticks butter, at room temperature – 2 eggs – 1 tablespoon cocoa powder – 1 tablespoon Wilton royal blue gel food coloring – 1 small dab of Wilton violet gel food coloring – 2½ cups cake flour – 1 teaspoon salt

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INGREDIENTS

– 1 cup buttermilk – 1 teaspoon vanilla extract – ½ teaspoon baking soda – 1 tablespoon vinegar

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INGREDIENTS

Frosting: – 1 pound cream cheese softened – 2 sticks butter softened – 1 teaspoon vanilla extract – 4 cups sifted confectioners’ sugar

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INGREDIENTS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare cupcake pan(s) with paper liners. Cake: – 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

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INSTRUCTIONS

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INSTRUCTIONS

clean. Remove from oven and cool completely before frosting. Frosting: – In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla together until smooth. Add the sugar and on low speed, beat until incorporated. Increase the speed to high and mix until very light and fluffy.

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INSTRUCTIONS

Frost the cupcakes with a butter knife or pipe it on with a big star tip. Embellish as desired.

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INSTRUCTIONS

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