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{Red, White &} Blue Velvet Cupcakes Recipe

This weekend was so super busy for us.  In the midst of 4 soccer games, a baseball game and a dance recital, we had one kid at a slumber party and Father’s Day to celebrate, plus Flag Day and Softball and Baseball night at the New Britain Rock Cats. It’s summer! Summer’s pretty hectic for most of us- we’re short on time and the last thing we want to do after we make a fun recipe (like this blue velvet cupcakes recipe) to bring to a cookout or party is spend our precious time cleaning- yuck! Dawn has always been my go-to detergent- there just isn’t another product I’ve found that can handle tough foods on dishes like Dawn. I need Dawn because I tend to um… well, make a big mess when I cook or bake. Just wait. You’ll see…

{Red, White &} Blue Velvet Cupcakes Recipe

 

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Ingredients

2 1/2 cups cake flour 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 2 large eggs, at room temperature 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil 1 cup buttermilk at room temperature (If you don’t have buttermilk, put 1 TBSP vinegar or lemon juice (I usually do lemon juice) in a measuring cup.  Fill to 1 cup line with milk.  Voila. Buttermilk!) 1 TBSP Dark Blue food coloring 1 tiny dab violet gel food coloring 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp vinegar

Directions

Preheat oven to 350- spray a nonstick spray on your cupcake pans or put your cupcake wrappers into the pan Sift together dry ingredients in medium mixing bowl In separate bowl, mix wet ingredients. Add wet ingredients to dry.  Whisk briskly until all ingredients are combined and smooth (I used my mixer, zero issues) Divide batter into cupcake pans, filling each 3/4 full. Bake 17-19 minutes Cool for a few minutes, remove from cupcake pan, allow to cool completely before frosting. Makes 16-20 regular sized cupcakes (Recipe from Tracey @ Tracey’s Culinary Adventures) buttercream-frosting-recipe Check out our buttercream icing recipe! blue-velvet-cupcakes-messy-pan Now, I make a big mess when I bake. I do. I wish I didn’t, but this is SO COMMON in my house and I get all mad at myself because I don’t like doing dishes. Mess, mess mess. And with me not using cupcake wrappers, I’m always needing to clean things. I don’t like doing a lot of bakeware items in my dishwasher, so my two hands do most of those dishes. When I wash those dishes? Dawn.  Dawn Ultra, actually. blue-velvet-cupcakes-mess   A little dab of Dawn (Ultra) goes a really long way for cleaning.  It also makes short work of those pesky dishes so we can go enjoy ourselves with whatever culinary delights we’ve prepared for our friends and family.   Less is more- at least where washing dishes is concerned.  With Dawn Ultra, a little goes a long way for cleaning and cutting grease- which means it makes short work of a tedious task so you can get back to enjoying your friends and family and not spending a lot of time on cleanup. dawn-ultra-prize-pack-giveaway

One reader will win a Dawn Ultra prize pack!

{Red, White &} Blue Velvet Cupcakes Recipe
Recipe Type: Cupcakes
Author: Brett
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Serves: 18
Buttercream frosting and a strawberry make these blue velvet cupcakes a great patriotic dessert!
Ingredients
  • 2 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 TBSP unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • 1 1/4 cups vegetable oil
  • 1 cup buttermilk at room temperature (If you don’t have buttermilk, put 1 TBSP vinegar or lemon juice (I usually do lemon juice) in a measuring cup. Fill to 1 cup line with milk. Voila. Buttermilk!)
  • 1 TBSP Dark Blue food coloring
  • 1 tiny dab violet gel food coloring
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp vinegar
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350- spray a nonstick spray on your cupcake pans or put your cupcake wrappers into the pan
  2. Sift together dry ingredients in medium mixing bowl
  3. In separate bowl, mix wet ingredients.
  4. Add wet ingredients to dry. Whisk briskly until all ingredients are combined and smooth (I used my mixer, zero issues)
  5. Divide batter into cupcake pans, filling each 3/4 full.
  6. Bake 17-19 minutes
  7. Cool for a few minutes, remove from cupcake pan, allow to cool completely before frosting.

This review was made possible by Double Duty Divas and Dawn. I was provided the featured product free of charge to facilitate my review, but all opinions are 100% mine.

About Brett

I'm a 40 something lifestyle blogger living in Connecticut with my husband and our 3 kids, plus our two rescue pups. We love to hike, travel, play games, watch movies, and just be outside together! Having 3 active kids makes for a hectic schedule and I try to share content, recipes and other things that can help to make today's busy family life simpler, easier, or just plain more fun!

I started working full time at a local middle school in fall 2021 and some of my students are insistent that I am mean.

Comments

  1. Brian E. says

    Thanks for the giveaway…we buy all our fresh vegetables on the weekends and wash, chop, prep, etc. them when we get home; when we are cooking during the week everything is ready !

  3. Dawn keenan says

    I use my crock pot a lot, cook meat enough for 2 meals. I also do a lot of cooking for the freezer.

  6. Leslie L Stanziani says

    I try to prep in advance.I chop veggies and freeze them as well as brown ground beef before freezing it.

  10. Ellie W says

    I get all the ingredients for a recipe out and ready before I begin cooking.

  12. Georgia Beckman says

    I “wash as I go”! I don’t know that it really saves time. I suppose it takes the same amount of time to actually get them done, but it sure is nice to have everything cleaned up when I’m done playing in the kitchen instead of having all that to look forward to when I’m ready to be done!

  13. Kristin Goodson says

    Always start off with no dishes in the sink! Hate just piling them in the sink

  14. Stephanie Phelps says

    I try and save time in the kitchen by making two meals at once so I can just heat up the next night!

  19. Jill Myrick says

    I always clean and wipe down as I dirty things in the kitchen so that all I have left when i finish cooking is the last dish.

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  22. carol clark says

    i save time by cleaning up after i finish preping and also i make a list in advance of what ill be needing and put in a section for that meal

  23. Michelle Plummer says

    I try to clean up as I go along and choose recipes that are quick and simple .

  28. Kenneth Ostrer says

    I get all of the cooking tools, ingredients, pots, pans, etc out a head of time so it makes things easier and on top of that I clean as I go. I’m kind of a clean freak

  29. Kim says

    I save time by prepping extras of things like cooking an extra pound of ground beef and freezing it when I need to cook some for a specific recipe

  31. Dawn Monroe says

    I like to use the Rachel Ray garbage bowl technique. It saves a lot of time.

  32. Sacha Schroeder says

    I save time in the kitchen by planning ahead. I try to plan meals for the week on Sunday and do as much prep work as I can ahead of time so I am not running around like a crazy person after work every night.

  33. Mary Cloud says

    Line pans with aluminum foil so there won’t be such a mess to clean up
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  35. Sarah says

    I do my dinner prep while the kids eat lunch. Saves time when my husband gets home so we can spend more time together and also help with cleanup as I have to do it anyway after lunch.

  36. Virginia Rowell says

    I clean as I cook. That way things don’t get piled up and counters cluttered.

  37. Robyn says

    I do a lot of meal prep on monday and prepare anything i can ahead of time, like chopping fruits and veggies, ect!

  39. Linda Bradshaw says

    I save time by cleaning up as I go or asking hubby to help and we work together.

  42. chadro says

    I like to save time in the kitchen by lining my casserole dishes with foil so when I have to clean up and wash dishes there isn’t a caked on black mess like when cooking lasagne and creamy casserole dishes and I use sandwich bags to grease my cake pans, casserole dishes etc. so I don’t have more utensils to wash in the end

  44. McKim says

    I load the dishwasher as I go when I’m baking. That way I don’t have a big mess to clean up when I’m done.

  45. jennifer bowen says

    I get out every thing I need to save time in my kiction that way I have it when I need it.

  46. Debbie Welchert says

    While I’m cooking and waiting for it to finish, I wash the dirty dishes at the same time.

  47. Kate says

    The best way I know how to save time in the kitchen is to get someone else to cook! Or at least help. We also have a convection oven, but I don’t love it as much as I’d hoped I would. :/

  48. KV says

    I try to clean up dishes while I’m waiting so there isn’t a huge pile at the end.

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