My Favourite Red Velvet Cake
My Favourite Red Velvet Cake recipe
Yield
16 servingsPrep
30 minCook
30 minReady
2½ hrsTrans-fat Free
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup |
butter
|
|
| 2 ½ | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 1 | ounce |
food coloring
red |
*
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
water
|
|
| 2 | teaspoons |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
salt
scant |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vinegar
|
|
| Cream cheese frosting | |||
| 8 | ounces |
cream cheese
at room temperature |
|
| ½ | stick |
butter
|
|
| 2 | cups |
powdered sugar
sifted if lumpy |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | ml |
butter
|
|
| 591 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 355 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 28.9 | ml/g |
food coloring
red |
*
|
| 5 | ml |
water
|
|
| 1E+1 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 5 | ml |
salt
scant |
|
| 5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 237 | ml |
buttermilk
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vinegar
|
|
| Cream cheese frosting | |||
| 231.2 | ml/g |
cream cheese
at room temperature |
|
| 56.5 | g |
butter
|
|
| 473 | ml |
powdered sugar
sifted if lumpy |
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
Directions
Cake:
Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and beat well; add food coloring and water.
Sift flour, salt, soda and cocoa together and add to creamed mixture with buttermilk and vanilla. Add vinegar (fold in lightly).
Grease and flour 2 9-inch cake pans. Bake at 350℉ (180℃) for about 30 minutes. Let cool before frosint.
Frosting:
Combine the cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar in electric mixer and beat until smooth. Frost cake as desired.
