Recipe: Perfect Red velvet cake

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.

In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. This is similar to the original recipe that began the red velvet craze. It was developed by the Adams Extract company in Gonzales, Tex. You can have Red velvet cake using 11 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Red velvet cake

1. Prepare 21/2 cups of flour.
2. It's 1/4 cup of cocoa (4 tbsp).
3. It's 11/2 cup of sugar.
4. It's 1/2 cup of butter.
5. It's 1/4 cup of veg oil.
6. You need 1 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
7. Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
8. You need 2 tsp of baking powder.
9. Prepare 3 of large eggs.
10. You need 2 tsp of vanilla.
11. Prepare 2 tsp of red food colouring.

Featured in: Red Velvet Cake: A Classic, Not A Gimmick. Red Velvet Cake "This recipe was great: the cake turned out moist and the icing perfect! I would definitely use this recipe again." - Jan. Red Velvet Cake IV "My personal favorite!

Red velvet cake instructions

1. Sift your flour,cocoa,baking powder and soda into a bowl and set aside.
2. Add in your colour into your buttermilk and mix together.
3. In another bowl cream sugar,vegetable oil and buttter and beat until fluffy.
4. Add in your eggs and beat.
5. Alternatively add in your dry and wet ingredients in 3 addition and beat until well combined.
6. Add vanilla and mix.
7. Pour batter into a 10 inch pan and bake until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

I use this recipe exclusively!" - DeeConners. Red Velvet Cake I "Made this for my sister's birthday dessert. First time making a red velvet cake with traditional. 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.