A Southern Holiday: Red (And Green) Velvet Cupcakes

For a quick treat for the holiday party I hosted this year, I reserved half of the batter from my Shortcut Red Velvet Cupcake recipe, tinted it green instead of red, and tada!, red and green velvet cupcakes. Of course, top with Sprinkles' Cream Cheese Frosting.

For some odd reason, the green velvet isn't quite as appetizing as the red -- hmm, wonder why -- but the two go quite nicely together for the holidays.

Red (And Green) Velvet Cupcakes

Prepare batter, following directions for Shortcut Red Velvet Cupcakes.

Before adding food coloring, split batter in two -- about 2 1/3rd cups is half.

Add 0.4 or 0.5 ounces green food coloring to one half, same amount red food coloring to the other half.

Continue with original recipe.