Recipe: Tasty 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. Red Velvet Cake "This recipe was great: the cake turned out moist and the icing perfect! I would definitely use this recipe again." - Jan. You can have Red Velvet Cake using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Red Velvet Cake

1. It's 2 1/4 cup of sifted cake flour (not self rising).
2. You need 1/4 cup of cocoa powder.
3. You need 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. It's 2 of large eggs, at room temperature.
7. Prepare 2 tbsp of liquid red food coloring.
8. Prepare 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
9. You need 1 cup of buttermilk, at room temperature.
10. You need 2 tsp of distilled white vinegar.
11. Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.

Red Velvet Cake IV "My personal favorite! 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.

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..

This is similar to the original recipe that began the red velvet craze. It was developed by the Adams Extract company in Gonzales, Tex. Featured in: Red Velvet Cake: A Classic, Not A Gimmick. 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.