Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, red velvet cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really 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 in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Red Velvet Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook red velvet cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Red Velvet Cake:
- Get 2 1/2 cup flour
- Take 1 tsp baking soda
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Take 3 tbsp cocoa
- Take 2 cup vegetable oil
- Make ready 2 cup sugar
- Take 3 large eggs
- Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Take 1 tsp vinegar
- Get 1 oz red food color
- Prepare 1 cup buttermilk
- Get 1 stick butter
- Prepare 8 oz cream cheese
- Get 1 tsp vanilla
- Get 3 cup powdered sugar
- Prepare 1 cup chopped pecans
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:
- preheat oven to 350
- mix flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa. Set aside
- Mix oil and sugar. Add eggs one at a time blending well after each. Add vinegar, vanilla, and coloring. Mix well.
- Blend in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk.
- Pour into 3 greased 9 inch round pans. Bake for 30 minutes.
- For icing beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add vanilla and blend well. Slowly add powered sugar. Blend in nuts.
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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