Gluten Free Red Velvet Cupcakes and a Cream Cheese Frosting

The recipe I will be showing you today is gluten free red velvet cupcakes and a cream cheese frosting. (The cupcakes can actually be muffins, too! You don't make the frosting.) Before we start baking, I need to have a word about frosting bags. Instead of wasting so much money going out to buy the real bags, I use plastic bags! You don't have to wash them out and they're cheaper than the real frosting bags. On to the cupcakes.

Red Velvet Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cup c4c flour
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup sugar
• 3/4 stick unsalted butter,  softened
• 2 eggs
• 3 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
• Super red soft gel paste food coloring to desired color
• 1 cup of heavy cream

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. Line a standard 12 cup muffin tin with grease proof pretty cupcake liners and set it aside.
2. In a large bowl, place the c4c flour, salt, baking soda, cocoa powder and sugar, and whisk to combine well. Add the butter, eggs, vanilla, vinegar, and add food coloring to desired color. Mix to combine. The batter will be lumpy. Add the milk, and mix to combine well. The batter will be smooth and sticky.
3. Divide the batter among the 12 muffin cups. Shake the muffin tin back and forth to distribute the batter evenly in each cup. Smack the tin on the countertop to break any trapped air bubbles in the batter.
4. Place in the center of the preheated oven, and bake for about 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cupcake comes out clean.
5. Allow to cool completely before frosting.

Cream Cheese Icing
Ingredients:
1 pound cream cheese, softened

2 sticks butter, softened

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

4 cups sifted powdered sugar

Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla together until smooth. Add the sugar and on low speed, and beat until incorporated. Increase the speed to high and mix until very light and fluffy.

Hope you enjoy,
-Caitlin