Recipe: Tasty Moist red velvet cake

Moist red velvet cake. *TRIED AND TRUE* Southern red velvet cake made from scratch the old-fashioned way. Easy recipe with homemade cream cheese icing. "Easy, moist red velvet cake recipe full of Southern charm with a secret ingredient! I also added another tablespoon of cocoa powder and mixed my ingredients Absolutely the best Red Velvet Cake I have ever put in my mouth.

It's incredibly moist and coated in a silky cream cheese glaze. By adding buttermilk and vinegar to the batter, it activates the baking soda to create this fluffy but "velvety" texture. When you cut this red velvet cake, you'll going to be so happy. You can have Moist red velvet cake using 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Moist red velvet cake

1. You need 2 1/2 cups of sifted all purpose flour.
2. It's 1 teaspoon of baking powder.
3. You need 1 teaspoon of salt.
4. It's 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder.
5. Prepare 1/2 cup of unsalted butter (room temp).
6. It's 1 1/2 cups of sugar.
7. You need 2 of eggs (room temp).
8. You need 1 of bottle[2oz] red food coloring.
9. Prepare 1 cup of buttermilk (rom temp).
10. You need 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
11. You need 1 teaspoon of white vinegar.
12. Prepare 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
13. It's 3/4 cup of milk.
14. It's 1/2 cup of sugar.

This cake just does that to your heart! It's outrageously soft, moist, and has the perfect Hello Shelly, I made this red velvet cake for my daughter's birthday. I followed the recipe and the end result was a success. Make this classic moist red velvet cake for your next celebration!

Moist red velvet cake step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt in a bowl.
3. In a small bowl mix the cocoa and food coloring to form a paste..
4. In a large bowl mix with a hand mixer. the butter and sugar until fluffy..
5. Beat in eggs one at a time then beat in the cocoa paste.
6. Add 1/3 flour mixture to butter mixture,.
7. Then 1/2 buttermilk, 1/3 flour mixture, second half butter milk then final 1/3 flour mixture.
8. In small bowl mix vinegar and baking soda (it should fizz).
9. Mix baking soda mixture into cake batter. mix well then quickly divide into cake pans.
10. Grease your pan with a cooking spray or butter and Bake 30 - 35 minutes OR until a table knife inserted comes out clean. and leave to cool..
11. GLAZE- mix 2/3 cup milk with 1/2 cup sugar in saucepan. bring to boil..
12. Then pour and spread over the cooled cake. (it makes the even more moist and gives a nice base for frosting)..

But red velvet cake is special. It's so eye-catching, and every time I make it, that first bite takes my breath away. It's so moist, and the subtle cocoa and buttermilk flavors are so old-fashioned and comforting! How to make red velvet cake moist? Different people swear by different ingredients that result in the moistest cake.