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1st
prize: A cupcake apron, cupcake cookbook and free coupons from my newly
released novella, A LIGHT IN THE CHRISTMAS CAFÉ.
And for
everyone who signs up: A coupon for my novel LOSING PENNY
And a bargain for
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set of 11 Christmas stories discounted to $0.99 for ONE WEEK ONLY. (My novella is #6)
RED
VELVET CUPCAKES
Ingredients:
* 1 2/3
cups sugar
* 5 tbsp vegetable shortening
* 1 large egg white
* 1 large egg
* 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
* 1 one-ounce bottle red food coloring
* 2 1/4 cups flour
* 1 tsp salt
* 1 cup reduced-fat buttermilk
* 1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
* 1 tbsp white vinegar
* 1 tsp baking soda
* 5 tbsp vegetable shortening
* 1 large egg white
* 1 large egg
* 3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa
* 1 one-ounce bottle red food coloring
* 2 1/4 cups flour
* 1 tsp salt
* 1 cup reduced-fat buttermilk
* 1 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
* 1 tbsp white vinegar
* 1 tsp baking soda
Directions:
First,
beat your sugar and vegetable shortening for five minutes. You can do this by
hand, but a mixer will help save some elbow grease. Next, add both the egg
white and egg and beat them into the mix. In a different bowl, stir the cocoa
and food coloring together and add it to the mixture. Alternately add a little
bit of the flour and buttermilk until it’s all in there and mixed well. Stir in
your vanilla, and then in another separate bowl combine the vinegar and baking
soda. Stir it together well and add it to your mixture. The mix is finished now
and ready to be poured into your cupcake pan or a lined muffin tin. Then bake
it in a preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (176.6 degrees Celsius) for
about 20 minutes.
But wait--before you rush into your kitchen and get out the cupcake pans, please go and visit all my blog hopping friends to see what else is on the menu.
But wait--before you rush into your kitchen and get out the cupcake pans, please go and visit all my blog hopping friends to see what else is on the menu.
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