Best Ever Red Velvet Cake
Best Ever Red Velvet Cake recipe
Yield
16 servingsPrep
20 minCook
25 minReady
2½ hrsIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 ¼ | cups |
cake flour
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
vegetable oil
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
white vinegar
|
|
| 1 | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
| Frosting | |||
| 1 | package |
cream cheese
|
|
| 1 | stick |
butter
|
|
| 1 | pound |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 532 | ml |
cake flour
|
|
| 5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 59 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 355 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 355 | ml |
vegetable oil
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 5 | ml |
white vinegar
|
|
| 237 | ml |
buttermilk
|
|
| Frosting | |||
| 1 | package |
cream cheese
|
|
| 113 | g |
butter
|
|
| 453.6 | g |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
Directions
In a large bowl combine flour, baking soda, cocoa and salt.
In another bowl with mixer at low speed or spoon beat sugar and oil until blended. Add eggs, one at a time to blend well. Blend in food color, vanilla and vinegar. Scape bowl down with spatula.
Alternately blend in flour mixture and buttermilk, using about ⅓ each time and scraping bowl down at least twice. Do not beat on high or cake will be tough.
Pour into prepared pans and bake in a preheated 350℉ (180℃) oven 20 to 25 minutes or tested done with toothpick. Cool on racks 5 minutes and remove from pan and cool completely.
Frost layers when cold. Beat cream cheese until softened and smooth. Add butter and continue to beat until softened. Beat in sugar a little at a time and then vanilla.
If too thick blend in cold milk a tablespoon at a time until desired consisitency.
