Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, red velvet cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Red velvet cake is traditionally a red, red-brown, crimson or scarlet-colored chocolate layer cake, layered with ermine icing. Traditional recipes do not use food coloring. Red velvet cake is a classic American dessert, but it's becoming more and more popular outside of Although cake flour is usually used for classic red velvet recipes to make it light, I wanted to stick to.
Red velvet cake is one of the most well liked of recent viral foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Red velvet cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have red velvet cake using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Red velvet cake:
- Make ready 3 cups all purpose flour
- Make ready 11/2 cups granulated sugar
- Take 1/2 cup cornstarch
- Take 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- Prepare 1 tablespoon baking soda
- Prepare 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- Get 1 teaspoon salt
- Get 4 large eggs
- Make ready 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- Take 1 1/4 cups warm water
- Prepare 1/2 vegetable oil
- Get 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Prepare 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
- Make ready 2 tablespoons red food coloring
This is my version that I've tested and re-tested and tweaked and perfected. Red velvet cake has an acidic taste that comes from the use of buttermilk and vinegar as well as the cream cheese in the frosting. The acidity is balanced out by the sweetness of the cake itself. Amazing real red velvet cake recipe.
Step by Step to make Red velvet cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter three 9 inch cake rounds. Dust with flour and tap out the excess.
- Mix together flour, sugar, cornstarch, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda & salt in a stand mixer using a low speed until combined
- Add eggs, buttermilk, warm water, oil, vanilla, vinegar and red food coloring. Beat on a medium speed until smooth. This should take only a couple of minutes
- Divide batter into the three prepared pans
- Bake for 30-35minutes until the cake meets the toothpick test. (stick a toothpick in and it comes out clean)
- Cool on wire racks for 15 minutes & then turn out the cakes and allow to cool completely before frosting
One bowl, one spatula, one amazing cake! The cake is very light and delicate and very moist. A Red Velvet Cake is instantly recognizable with its bright red color offset by a white Cream Cheese Frosting. There are many theories as to its origin. Modern red velvet cakes are made scarlet with red food dye.
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