Red Velvet Cake
Red Velvet Cake

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, red velvet cake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Red Velvet Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Red Velvet Cake is something that I have 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 recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have red velvet cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Red Velvet Cake:
  1. Make ready 2 1/2 cup flour
  2. Prepare 1 tsp baking soda
  3. Take 1 tsp salt
  4. Get 3 tbsp cocoa
  5. Get 2 cup vegetable oil
  6. Get 2 cup sugar
  7. Make ready 3 large eggs
  8. Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
  9. Make ready 1 tsp vinegar
  10. Prepare 1 oz red food color
  11. Make ready 1 cup buttermilk
  12. Get 1 stick butter
  13. Take 8 oz cream cheese
  14. Prepare 1 tsp vanilla
  15. Take 3 cup powdered sugar
  16. Get 1 cup chopped pecans

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. preheat oven to 350
  2. mix flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa. Set aside
  3. Mix oil and sugar. Add eggs one at a time blending well after each. Add vinegar, vanilla, and coloring. Mix well.
  4. Blend in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk.
  5. Pour into 3 greased 9 inch round pans. Bake for 30 minutes.
  6. For icing beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add vanilla and blend well. Slowly add powered sugar. Blend in nuts.

Overall the cake was nothing special. However I am willing to try it again just to make sure it was not my own fault. The "red" makes sense, but what about the "velvet" in this cake's iconic name? Food historians says it was a common description during the Victorian era, when the term described cakes that had an especially soft and "velvety" crumb. From the color to the crumb, this homemade red velvet cake is a dessert classic.

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