Delicious Desserts- Brittany Pereira's Red Velvet Cupcakes

Ingredients 


2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup baking cocoa (powdered)
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 sticks butter at room temperature
5 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk (see note at bottom)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon red food coloring


Directions

1. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a mixing bowl.. Sift dry ingredients three times. 
2. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, making sure to beat well after each egg. 
3. Add 1/4 of dry ingredients to creamed mixture then approximately 1/4 of buttermilk alternating until mixed well. Mix in vanilla and food coloring.
4. Fill lined cupcake pans 1/2 full of red velvet batter. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for approximately 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
5. Cool cupcakes in pans for 5 to 10 minutes then remove from pans. Cool completely on wire racks before frosting.