My coworker, Jolene, is finally catching up to the rest of us...It's her *cough* 21st *cough, cough* birthday today!  I promised her that I would bring some Red Velvet cupcakes to work to celebrate.  I had never made Red Velvet cupcakes from scratch before (gasp!) but felt Jolene's birthday deserved the effort.  I did some Internet searching and found this recipe.  Like this blogger, I've never really bought into the Red Velvet hype so I felt her recipe was quite trustworthy.


Here's what the batter looks like.  So far so good!









Ooh, they baked nicely too!















This is the end result.  I used the frosting recipe from the same sight and it's rather quite yummy.  I may even be guilty of licking the spatula...

Since Red Velvet isn't my usual flavor of choice I had to seek out an impartial taste-tester.  My six year old son ensures me that these cupcakes are delicious.  Whew!  Happy birthday, Jolene!