Red Velvet Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 2/3 cup oil
• 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 (1 ounce) bottle red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 (16 ounce) can prepared vanilla icing
• 1 (16 ounce) can prepared chocolate icing
• additonal red food coloring

Directions

1. 1

   Line muffin pans with 18 cupcake liners. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. 2

   In a large bowl, mix sour cream and oil with a wire whisk. Sift flour and cocoa powder into the bowl. Add sugar. Beat until just moistened. Add eggs and beat on medium for 2 minutes, until smooth. Stir in bottle of food coloring and vanilla. Fill liners 2/3 full.

3. 3

   Bake cupcakes at 350 degrees for 22-25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans and place on wire rack.

4. 4

   Tint vanilla frosting light pink with the additional red food coloring. Frost half the cupcakes with chocolate icing, half with pink icing.