Easiest Way to Cook Perfect Red Velvet Cake

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Red Velvet Cake. This Red Velvet cake was definitely not what I expected. 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.

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.

You can have Red Velvet Cake using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Red Velvet Cake

1. It’s 2 1/4 cup of sifted cake flour (not self rising).

2. Prepare 1/4 cup of cocoa powder.

3. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.

4. It’s 8 tbsp (1 stick) of unsalted butter, at room temperature.

5. It’s 1 1/2 cup of sugar.

6. You need 2 of large eggs, at room temperature.

7. You need 2 tbsp of liquid red food coloring.

8. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

9. Prepare 1 cup of buttermilk, at room temperature.

10. Prepare 2 tsp of distilled white vinegar.

11. Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.

In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder.

This is the recipe to make red velvet cake, i have to say after so many years of baking this is a r star rating.

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Red Velvet Cake instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease two 9"x2" round cake pans..

2. Sift flour, cocoa, and salt into a bowl..

3. In stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter at low speed until creamy.

4. Add sugar; blend on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, untill fluffy, about 3 mins..

5. Add eggs 1 at a time, mixing well after each. Scrape bowl; add food coloring and vanilla..

6. On low speed, beat in flour mixture in thirds, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture..

7. In small bowl, stir together vinegar and baking soda..

8. Stir into batter.

9. Divide batter between prepared pans; spread evenly..

10. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 25 to 30 mins..

In our family no one thinks it's Christmas without this Red Velvet Cake recipe.

It's different than other Red Velvet Cakes I've tasted over the years, since this one tastes only mildly chocolate and the icing is as light as snow.

A moist, classic Red Velvet Cake!!

Made from scratch, and surprisingly easy when a few simple steps are followed - watch how to make it in the recipe video.

This has a soft "velvet" texture, just like what you get from top end fine bakeries, and is topped with soft, cream cheese frosting.