Red Velvet Cake Recipe
Red Velvet Cake Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe produces the best ever red velvet cake with buttery, vanilla and cocoa flavors, as well as a delicious tang from buttermilk.
Ingredients · Servings 12
- 2 1/4 cup / 300 grams All Purpose Flour / Maida
- 1 1/2 cup / 300 grams Sugar
- ¼ cup / 60 grams Unsalted Butter
- ¼ cup / 60 ml Oil
- 2 Eggs
- 2 tbsp Cocoa Power
- 1.5 tbsp or as needed Red Food Coloring
- 1 cup / 240 ml Buttermilk
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tbsp Vinegar (white)
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- ½ tsp Salt
- as needed Flour Buttercream (CHECK THIS)
Method · 44 min
- Start by preparing three 8-inch pan, by buttering on all sides, dusting it with flour and tap off the excess flour. Set this aside.
- Preheat oven to 180 degree C.
- Take cocoa, food colouring powder, ¼ cup of buttermilk and mix to a paste. Set aside.
- Now take butter, oil, sugar, vanilla in a large bowl, Use a electric beater to cream this up.
- Now add in eggs and cream again.
- Add in cocoa food colour mix and mix well.
- Add in flour, salt, buttermilk and fold gently.
- Now take baking soda in a bowl, add in vinegar. It will bubble up. pour this into the batter and mix gently. This will lighten the batter.
- Divide this between the cake pan and bake for 25 to 30 mins.
- Remove it and let it cool comepletely
- Meanwhile prepare your frosting, check this link for all frosting recipe in this blog.
- Spread frosting between each layer of cake, sandwich the cakes, spread frosting all around the sides and serve.
This is one of the most requested cake recipe in yummy tummy. Finally i got a chance to make it and i have managed to share it before valentine's day. Yay, now you can surprise your loved ones with this.
- Oil - ¼ cup / 60 ml.
- Eggs - 2
- Cocoa Power - 2 tbsp
- Baking Soda - 1 tsp
- Salt - ½ tsp
- Flour Buttercream as needed (CHECK THIS)
This cake gets all its glory with the frosting you make for it. Please make a white frosting for this, because that what makes it standout. I recommend you to frost it with either my cream cheese frosting or flour buttercream. YUM YUM..Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.
How to Make Red Velvet Cake
- Remove it and let it cool completely.
- 2 tablespoon Cocoa Power
- 1.5 tablespoon or as needed Red Food Coloring
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 tablespoon Vinegar white
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
