Red velvet cake
Red velvet cake

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, red velvet cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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.

Red velvet cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Red velvet cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook red velvet cake using 13 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Red velvet cake:
  1. Take 2 cups all-purpose flour
  2. Make ready 1 tsp baking soda
  3. Get 1 tsp baking powder
  4. Prepare 2 Tablespoons unsweetened, cocoa powder
  5. Make ready 1 teaspoon salt
  6. Prepare 1 cup vegetable oil or canola
  7. Take 2 cups sugar
  8. Take 4 eggs
  9. Get 1 cup buttermilk
  10. Prepare 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  11. Make ready 1-2 oz. red food coloring, more or less
  12. Take 1-2 oz. red food coloring, more or less depending on how deep yo
  13. Prepare 1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar

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.

Steps to make Red velvet cake:
  1. Preheat oven to 325 F.
  2. Generously grease and flour (2) 9-inch round cake pans. Set aside.
  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder, and salt. Set aside.
  4. In a large bowl, combine the sugar and vegetable oil.
  5. Mix in the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and red food coloring until combined.
  6. Stir in the coffee and white vinegar.
  7. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients a little at a time, mixing after each addition, just until combined. (Batter will be thin)
  8. Pour the batter evenly into each pan.
  9. 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.
  10. Let pans cool on a cooling rack until the pans are warm to the touch.
  11. Slide a knife or offset spatula around the inside of the pans to loosen the cake from the pan.
  12. Gently remove the cakes from the pan and let them finish cooling. (The warm cake will be very delicate)
  13. Frost the cake with cream cheese frosting when the cakes have cooled completely.

The combo of vinegar and buttermilk makes a red velvet cake extra tender, light, and fluffy. The striking red color makes it unforgettable. This is similar to the original recipe that began the red velvet craze. It was developed by the Adams Extract company in Gonzales, Tex. From the color to the crumb, this homemade red velvet cake is a dessert classic.

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