Red velvet cake
Red velvet cake

Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, red velvet cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Red velvet cake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Red velvet cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

Historically, red velvet cake was just chocolate cake tinted red from the acid in cocoa powder, not from food coloring. Nowadays most cocoa powders are alkalized, as in stripped of acid. Look for a non-alkalized one for this old-fashioned recipe. Completing the classic look is a coat of bright white ermine frosting, cooked the old-fashioned way.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook red velvet cake using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Red velvet cake:
  1. Prepare 3 cups all purpose flour
  2. Make ready 11/2 cups granulated sugar
  3. Take 1/2 cup cornstarch
  4. Make ready 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  5. Make ready 1 tablespoon baking soda
  6. Make ready 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  7. Get 1 teaspoon salt
  8. Take 4 large eggs
  9. Get 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
  10. Make ready 1 1/4 cups warm water
  11. Take 1/2 vegetable oil
  12. Prepare 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  13. Prepare 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
  14. Make ready 2 tablespoons red food coloring

Add the flour to the batter, alternating with the buttermilk mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Mix soda and vinegar and gently fold into cake batter. The combo of vinegar and buttermilk makes a red velvet cake extra tender, light, and fluffy. The striking red color makes it unforgettable.

Instructions to make Red velvet cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter three 9 inch cake rounds. Dust with flour and tap out the excess.
  2. Mix together flour, sugar, cornstarch, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda & salt in a stand mixer using a low speed until combined
  3. Add eggs, buttermilk, warm water, oil, vanilla, vinegar and red food coloring. Beat on a medium speed until smooth. This should take only a couple of minutes
  4. Divide batter into the three prepared pans
  5. Bake for 30-35minutes until the cake meets the toothpick test. (stick a toothpick in and it comes out clean)
  6. Cool on wire racks for 15 minutes & then turn out the cakes and allow to cool completely before frosting

The combo of vinegar and buttermilk makes a red velvet cake extra tender, light, and fluffy. The striking red color makes it unforgettable. If you have leftover cake scraps you can make these Red. This is similar to the original recipe that began the red velvet craze. It was developed by the Adams Extract company in Gonzales, Tex.

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