Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, red velvet cake. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Red velvet cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. 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.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook red velvet cake using 13 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Red velvet cake:
- Get 2 cups all-purpose flour
- Take 1 tsp baking soda
- Prepare 1 tsp baking powder
- Prepare 2 Tablespoons unsweetened, cocoa powder
- Prepare 1 teaspoon salt
- Get 1 cup vegetable oil or canola
- Prepare 2 cups sugar
- Make ready 4 eggs
- Take 1 cup buttermilk
- Make ready 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- Make ready 1-2 oz. red food coloring, more or less
- Get 1-2 oz. red food coloring, more or less depending on how deep yo
- Get 1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar
Make a paste of cocoa and red food coloring; add to creamed mixture. 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.
Instructions to make Red velvet cake:
- Preheat oven to 325 F.
- Generously grease and flour (2) 9-inch round cake pans. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the sugar and vegetable oil.
- Mix in the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and red food coloring until combined.
- Stir in the coffee and white vinegar.
- Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients a little at a time, mixing after each addition, just until combined. (Batter will be thin)
- Pour the batter evenly into each pan.
- 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.
- Let pans cool on a cooling rack until the pans are warm to the touch.
- Slide a knife or offset spatula around the inside of the pans to loosen the cake from the pan.
- Gently remove the cakes from the pan and let them finish cooling. (The warm cake will be very delicate)
- Frost the cake with cream cheese frosting when the cakes have cooled completely.
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. If you have leftover cake scraps you can make these Red. This is similar to the original recipe that began the red velvet craze.
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