Red velvet cake
Red velvet cake

Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, red velvet cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. 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 is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. Red velvet cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

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 get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook red velvet cake using 13 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

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

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. 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.

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.

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. 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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