Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, red velvet cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Red velvet cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Red velvet cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook red velvet cake using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Red velvet cake:
- Get 2 cups all purpose flour
- Get 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa
- Prepare 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Make ready 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Make ready 1 teaspoon table salt
- Take 2 cups sugar
- Prepare 1 cup vegetable oil
- Prepare 2 large eggs
- Make ready 1 cup buttermilk
- Prepare 2 teaspoons vanilla
- Get 1-1 oz bottle of red food coloring
- Prepare 1/2 cup brewed coffee
- Prepare 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- Prepare cream cheese frosting
- Make ready 2-8 oz packages of cream cheese
- Get 1/2 cup butter, softened
- Prepare 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Take 4 cups powdered sugar
Make a paste of cocoa and red food coloring; add to creamed mixture. 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. Beat in food coloring, vinegar and vanilla.
Instructions to make Red velvet cake:
- Frosting
- Add softened cream cheese into large bowl.Pour in milk, butter and vanilla extract.Mix until well combined.Pour in half of the powdered sugar.Mix until combined.Add the remaining powdered sugar.Mix until smooth and fluffy.Use a spatula to scrape down the side of the bowl if needed.
- Cake batter
- Preheat oven to 325 F. Generously grease and flour (2) 9-inch round cake pans. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the sugar and vegetable oil.Mix in the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and red food coloring until combined.Stir in the coffee and white vinegar.Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients a little at a time, mixing after each addition, just until combined.
- (Batter will be thin) Pour the batter evenly into each pan.Bake in the middle rack for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with moist crumbs clinging to it. Do not over bake as the cake will continue to cook as it cools.
- Let pans cool on a cooling rack until the pans are warm to the touch.Slide a knife or offset spatula around the inside of the pans to loosen the cake from the pan.Gently remove the cakes from the pan and let them finish cooling. (The warm cake will be very delicate)
- Frost the cake with cream cheese frosting when the cakes have cooled completely.
Mix soda and vinegar and gently fold into cake batter. Beat in food coloring, vinegar and vanilla. 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.
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