Easiest Way to Make Perfect Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.

Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting You can have Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

  1. Prepare 2 1/2 Cups of All purpose flour.
  2. Prepare 1/2 Teaspoon of Salt.
  3. You need 2 Tablespoons of Cocoa powder.
  4. You need 1/2 Cup of Butter , room temperature.
  5. You need 1 1/2 Cups of sugar Granulated.
  6. You need 2 of Egg.
  7. It’s 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla extract.
  8. It’s 1 Cup of Buttermilk.
  9. You need 2 Tablespoons of Red Liquid Food.
  10. It’s 1 Teaspoon of Baking soda.
  11. It’s 250 Grams of Cream Cheese.
  12. It’s 500 Grams of Icing sugar.
  13. It’s 1/4 Teaspoon of Vanilla extract.

Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting step by step

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) and place rack in center of oven. Butter two – 9 inch (23 cm) round cake pans and line the bottoms of the pans with parchment paper. Set aside..
  2. In a mixing bowl sift together the flour, salt, and cocoa powder. Set aside..
  3. In bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the butter until soft (about 1-2 minutes). Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes)..
  4. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.Add the vanilla extract and beat until combined..
  5. In a measuring cup whisk the buttermilk with the red food coloring. With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture and buttermilk to the butter mixture, in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour..
  6. In a small cup combine the vinegar and baking soda. Allow the mixture to fizz and then quickly fold into the cake batter..
  7. Working quickly, divide the batter evenly between the two prepared pans and smooth the tops with an offset spatula or the back of a spoon.Bake in the preheated oven for approximately 25 -30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean..
  8. Cool the cakes in their pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Place a wire rack on top of the cake pan and invert, lifting off the pan. Once the cakes have completely cooled, wrap in plastic and place the cake layers in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
  9. In a medium bowl cream the cream cheese and icing sugar on slow speed. Mix in the vanilla extract gradually..