Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, red velvet cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Red Velvet Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Red Velvet Cake is something that I have loved my entire 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 particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook red velvet cake using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Red Velvet Cake:
- Prepare 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
- Take 3 large eggs
- Prepare 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- Prepare 1 tsp baking soda
- Take 3/4 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- Get 2 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- Take 1 cup vegetable oil
- Make ready 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Make ready 1 and 1/4 teaspoons white vinegar
- Prepare 2-3 drops red food coloring
- Get 1 cup buttermilk
- Prepare 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
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. 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.
Instructions to make Red Velvet Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C. - - Grease a cake pan and line the bottom of the pan with a piece of parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, sift together flour,cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- In a standing mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. - Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as necessary. - Beat in oil.
- Beat eggs, one at a time.
- Add vanilla and vinegar and beat until combined. Add red food coloring, until desired colour is reached. With the mixer on low speed, add half of the dry ingredients and beat just until combined.
- Add buttermilk, followed by the rest of the dry ingredients. Do not over mix.
- Pour the batter in greased pans and sprinkle chopped walnuts. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow cakes to cool in the pan on a wire rack until they're easy to handle, then remove from pan and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Enjoy!
Beat in food coloring, vinegar and vanilla. 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. It was developed by the Adams Extract company in Gonzales, Tex. The combo of vinegar and buttermilk makes a red velvet cake extra tender, light, and fluffy.
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