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Ingredients:
- 1c cake flour
- 1/4c cocoa
- 1/2tsp salt
- 2/3c vegetable oil
- 3/4c sugar
- 1 egg
- 1oz (2T) red food coloring
- 1/2tsp vanilla
- 1/2c buttermilk
- 1/2tsp baking soda
- 3/4tsp white vinegar
Directions
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Line12-cupcake pans with cupcake liners and spray with cooking spray. - Whisk cake flour, cocoa and salt in a bowl.
- Place oil and sugar in bowl of an electric mixer and beat at medium speed until well-blended. Beat in eggs one at a time.
- With machine on low, very slowly add red food coloring (and water or syrup, if necessary). (Take care: it may splash.) Add vanilla.
- Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk in two batches. Scrape down bowl and beat just long enough to combine.
- Place baking soda in a small dish, stir in vinegar and add to batter with machine running. Beat for 10 seconds.
- Divide batter among cupcake pans, filling each about 2/3 full. Bake for about 12 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
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