Devil's Food Cupcakes

Total Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 2/3 cup baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup shortening
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees. line cupcake pans with paper liners or skip the liners and just grease the pan.
• 2 combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. mix at low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly while mixing. mix at high speed for 3 minutes, scraping bowl every minute.
• 3 pour batter into cupcake liners until they are 1/2 to 2/3 full.
• 4 bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 5 cool 10 minutes in pans then move to wire rack to cool completely.
• 6 frost devil's food cupcakes as desired. these are even good just drizzled with chocolate syrup.