Ingredients
2 cups granulated sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup buttermilk
1 Tbsp. vinegar
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 ounce red food coloring
1 Tbsp. cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
For Cream Cheese Frosting
8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
4 cups powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350ºF. Line muffin tins with cupcake liners. Set aside.
- Mix together the oil and sugar. Whisk in the buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla, food coloring and eggs.
- Sift the the cocoa powder, salt, baking powder, and baking soda into the wet ingredients. Mix until batter forms and is a uniform color.
- Divide batter between the cupcake liners. Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let cool completely before frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Beat together the butter and cream cheese.
- Whisk in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time, beating with an electric mixer until smooth. Mix in the vanilla.
- Transfer frosting to a piping bag to pipe on the cupcakes.