Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, red velvet cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Red Velvet Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. 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:
- Make ready 2.5 cups all-purpose flour
- Take 3 large eggs
- Get 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- Take 1 tsp baking soda
- Get 3/4 tsp salt
- Make ready 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- Make ready 2 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- Get 1 cup vegetable oil
- Prepare 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Make ready 1 and 1/4 teaspoons white vinegar
- Get 2-3 drops red food coloring
- Prepare 1 cup buttermilk
- Make ready 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
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.
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!
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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