Red Velvet Cake.
You can have Red Velvet Cake using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Red Velvet Cake
- You need 2 1/4 cup of sifted cake flour (not self rising).
- It’s 1/4 cup of cocoa powder.
- It’s 1/2 tsp of salt.
- It’s 8 tbsp (1 stick) of unsalted butter, at room temperature.
- It’s 1 1/2 cup of sugar.
- Prepare 2 of large eggs, at room temperature.
- You need 2 tbsp of liquid red food coloring.
- It’s 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
- Prepare 1 cup of buttermilk, at room temperature.
- It’s 2 tsp of distilled white vinegar.
- Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.
Red Velvet Cake step by step
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease two 9"x2" round cake pans..
- Sift flour, cocoa, and salt into a bowl..
- In stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter at low speed until creamy.
- Add sugar; blend on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, untill fluffy, about 3 mins..
- Add eggs 1 at a time, mixing well after each. Scrape bowl; add food coloring and vanilla..
- On low speed, beat in flour mixture in thirds, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture..
- In small bowl, stir together vinegar and baking soda..
- Stir into batter.
- Divide batter between prepared pans; spread evenly..
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 25 to 30 mins..