Red Velvet Anyone?

The PERFECT Red Velvet Cupcake recipe. This recipe has been carefully engineered for soft, moist, fluffy, yet sturdy cupcakes that won’t fall apart when you take them out of their liners.

Ingredients
3/4 cup whole milk 177ml
2 teaspoons white vinegar
3/4 teaspoon red gel food coloring (I use Americolor "red red" or "super red"
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour (155g) I don't recommend substituting cake flour or any other flour
¾ cup granulated sugar 150g
¼ cup light brown sugar firmly packed (50g)
2 Tablespoons natural cocoa powder 12g
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
4 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
¼ cup canola oil may substitute vegetable oil or another neutral oil (60ml)
1 large egg room temperature preferred
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

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Instructions
00:00 Introduction
00:47 Preheat the oven to 350F (175C) and line a 12 count cupcake tin with paper liners. Set aside.
00:52 Combine milk, vinegar, and food coloring in a large measuring cup, stir together and set aside.
02:07 In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugars, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt until well-combined.
02:37 Add melted butter and oil and stir well, until ingredients are well-combined (the mixture will be thick).
03:31 Add egg and vanilla extract and stir until combined.
04:00 Gradually add the milk mixture and stir until all ingredients are combined and batter is smooth.
05:09 Fill each cupcake liner ⅔ of the way full with batter, (do not overfill or cupcakes will collapse, if you have leftover batter discard it or bake separately). Transfer to 350F (175C) preheated oven and bake for 17 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with moist crumbs (not wet batter). Allow to cool for 10 minutes in cupcake pan then transfer to cooling rack to cool completely before frosting.

Other Frosting Recommendations:
Ermine frosting is the traditional, old-fashioned frosting used with red velvet cake/cupcakes, but here are a few other favorites:

[kenmoreSF]

Hi Sam. I made this two times and this recipe is definitely a keeper. I've tried so many red velvet recipes and this one by far is the absolute best. Thank you.

[apisaranilnoi]

from Thailand😃I've tried this today and love it so much as it's so moist and fluffy yet so light!! .Thank you so much looking forward to you new exciting recipes🙂

[morganapendragon]

These were so soft and moist and delicious I made them a few weeks ago and I crave them almost everyday

[ivanrajkumar]

Woww... Red Velvet is my favourite... Pls do upload more Red Velvet Recipes 😊😊😋😋😋

[swarnikag]

I just made this and it is sooo good!! Everyone loved it tysm for the recipe!!

[AmericanBaker]

Red velvet is growing on me. Thank you for sharing.

[tinafriesen]

I used the Red Velvet Recipe you shared the other day to make some Mini Bundt Cakes! Mmmm... so tasty!! 😋😋

[eldridgesmart]

Thanks for the video & your drive for perfection. Take care.

[chao]

best cupcake ever! i was hesitated to try cuz I didn't want to mess with food coloring, finally decided to go for it, so moist and flavorful, thank you so much Sam, you make baking fun and easy, people you gotta try this one out.

[Oceanadventures]

I have to try your red velvet recipe, i've tried different recipes before and failed as the cake came out brown instead of red. I tried your vanilla cake recipe and it was amazing the cake came out perfect and flat on top.
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[debhowie]

Just made your red velvet cupcakes for the first time as well as your lemon crinkle cookies (which I have made before) to take to a friend's cookout. Both were a big hit, as I knew they would be, because I had made your red velvet cake for Thanksgiving--in a word--WOW! Instead of cream cheese frosting for the cupcakes, due to refrigeration challenges, I made the ermine frosting. It was a new frosting to everyone, but they commented on how light and nice it was, and not too sweet. I rarely post comments but wanted to say thank you for your recipes (also love your chocolate crinkle cookies--great! Every Friday I make your pizza dough and have referred others to your website). As noted in some comments, your videos are very helpful. Thanks again!

[sarahchua]

My first foray into red velvet and I'm so glad I chose your recipe! Overfilled my pan cos I was too lazy to use another one. Ended up with super high domes. Solution: sliced off the tops and made macaron-like thingies by sandwiching cream cheese frosting in between 2 tops. Kids loved them! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! Appreciate the little tips and tricks you share throughout your videos, too.

[Jekneet]

Sam, I trust you so much which is why I used this recipe and followed it to the letter. Only exception was that I used my stand mixer. Just wanted to say I got 16 cupcakes out of this and I did not under or overfill. Yes, it perfectly makes 12 but I would have missed out on 4 additional cupcakes had I not grabbed my extra tin and threw a fee liners in there. Might be a nice to mention in the recipe rather than suggesting discarding. But I do understand not wanting folks to be tempted to overfill with the excess.

[vanessaamos]

Thank you. Just come across your channel and in love it! thank you for listing the ingredients it makes it so much easier.

[shelbysims]

I used your cake recipe and made red velvet cupcakes and they were amazing 😉

[lorieteves]

I made these cupcakes today and they were absolutely delicious 😋

[rosefinikin]

Hi! I tired your red velvet cupcake recipe and they were perfect! The domes, exactly as you described. Thank you!

[renatajoseph]

I made this for my mom and we loved it!!

[medjimedji]

J'adore cette délicieuse recette, quelle merveilleuse sucrerie, merci .

[itchysnakes]

Yes please! Red velvet is my favourite ❤️