Gluten-Free Red Velvet!

Happy Birthday Kimi!!!!!!

As many of you may know, my sister and I both have celiac disease, an intolerance to gluten or a protein in processed wheat.  While I mostly stay away from eating baked goods altogether (ironically), my sister is still quite fond of partaking in the sweet treats.  For her birthday I made a batch of her favorite -- gluten-free red velvet cupcakes, recipe courtesy of Candace Nelson on the Today Show! 

  

Gluten-Free Red Velvet Cupcakes

Ingredients

• 1 cup of butter
• 1 1/2 cups of sugar
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature
• 2 1/2 cups of gluten-free flour blend
• 4 tablespoons of cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• 1 1/4 cups of milk
• 1 teaspoon of white wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons of red food coloring
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Stir together dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt)
• Mix together wet ingredients (milk, vinegar, food coloring, vanilla)
• Add creamed butter and sugar, mix in eggs
• Alternately mix in dry, wet, then dry ingredients
• Fill 1 dozen cupcake cups and bake for 18-22 minutes or until tops are just dry on top
•  Top with my famous cream cheese frosting