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.
Nowadays most cocoa powders are alkalized, as in stripped of acid. Look for a non-alkalized one for this old-fashioned recipe. Completing the classic look is a coat of bright white ermine frosting, cooked the old-fashioned way. You can have Red Velvet Cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Red Velvet Cake
- It's of flour.
- You need of baking soda.
- You need of salt.
- Prepare of cocoa.
- You need of vegetable oil.
- It's of sugar.
- It's of eggs.
- It's of vanilla extract.
- You need of vinegar.
- Prepare of red food color.
- It's of buttermilk.
- Prepare of butter.
- It's of cream cheese.
- You need of vanilla.
- Prepare of powdered sugar.
- You need of chopped pecans.
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. This is the recipe to make red velvet cake, i have to say after so many years of baking this is a r star rating. Red Velvet Cake Recipes Don't wait to indulge in a slice of red velvet cake, a homey classic treat that calls to mind Mom's best baking. Try one of these, our most popular red velvet cake recipes.
Red Velvet Cake instructions
- preheat oven to 350.
- mix flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa. Set aside.
- Mix oil and sugar. Add eggs one at a time blending well after each. Add vinegar, vanilla, and coloring. Mix well..
- Blend in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk..
- Pour into 3 greased 9 inch round pans. Bake for 30 minutes..
- For icing beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add vanilla and blend well. Slowly add powered sugar. Blend in nuts..
The "red" makes sense, but what about the "velvet" in this cake's iconic name? Food historians says it was a common description during the Victorian era, when the term described cakes that had an especially soft and "velvety" crumb. From the color to the crumb, this homemade red velvet cake is a dessert classic. 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.