Red Velvet Cake
Red Velvet Cake

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, red velvet cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Red Velvet Cake is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Red Velvet Cake is something which I have loved my whole life.

Moist Red Velvet cake with a dollop of rich cream cheese in center – no frosting needed. Not too sweet and easy to make. The "red" makes sense, but what about the "velvet" in Red Velvet Cake's iconic name? Food historians say it was a common description during the Victorian era when the term described cakes that had an especially soft and "velvety" crumb.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook red velvet cake using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Red Velvet Cake:
  1. Make ready Cake
  2. Make ready 1/2 cup /113 grams butter, at room temperature, plus 2 tablespoons to prepare pans
  3. Get 3 tablespoons/22 grams cocoa powder, divided
  4. Take 1 1/2 cups/300 grams sugar
  5. Take 2 eggs
  6. Prepare 2 teaspoons/10 milliliters vanilla
  7. Make ready 2 tablespoons/30 milliliters red food coloring
  8. Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
  9. Get 1 teaspoon/5 grams baking soda
  10. Make ready 2 1/2 cups/320 grams flour, sifted
  11. Make ready 1 cup/236 milliliters whole buttermilk
  12. Get 1 tablespoon/15 milliliters vinegar
  13. Take Icing
  14. Make ready 5 cups sifted confectioners sugar
  15. Get 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  16. Get 2-3 tablespoons buttermilk
  17. Get 2 sticks unsalted butter

It could be that I have no experience with Red Velvet cake but with this recipe the cake was much to heavy. The Icing was bland and honestly tasted like flour. Overall the cake was nothing special. However I am willing to try it again just to make sure it was not my own fault.

Steps to make Red Velvet Cake:
  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare three 9-inch cake pans by buttering lightly and sprinkling with 1 tablespoon sifted cocoa powder, tapping pans to coat and discarding extra cocoa. (You may choose to use just 2 pans, note below.)
  2. Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time and beat vigorously until each is incorporated. Mix in vanilla.
  3. In a separate bowl, make a paste of the remaining 2 tablespoons cocoa and the food coloring. Blend into butter mixture. (I found 1 teaspoon is adequate)
  4. Sift together remaining dry ingredients. Alternating in 2 batches each, add dry ingredients and buttermilk to the butter mixture. In the last batch of buttermilk, mix in the vinegar before adding to the batter. Mix until blended.
  5. Divide batter among 3 pans and bake for about 20 to 25 minutes. Cool on a rack completely. (Note: I use 2 pans and cook for 30 minutes.)
  6. To assemble, remove 1 cake from its pan and place flat side down on a serving platter. Drop about 1 cup of icing onto cake and, using a flat spatula, spread evenly over top. Remove the second cake from its pan. Place flat side down on top of first layer. Use remaining frosting to cover top and sides of cake.
  7. Icing: Place butter in bowl of standing mixer with whisk attachment. Whisk for one minute. Add sugar one cup at a time. With each addition whisk until incorporated, scraping down sides of the bowl. Turn mixer to high for 20 seconds. Repeat with each addition. Add milk as needed and then vanilla on low speed. Whisk on high speed for another 20 seconds.
  8. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Overall the cake was nothing special. However I am willing to try it again just to make sure it was not my own fault. Try one of these, our most popular red velvet cake recipes. Beat in food coloring, vinegar and vanilla. In another bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition.

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