Hello everybody, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, red velvet cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Historically, red velvet cake was just chocolate cake tinted red from the acid in cocoa powder, not from food coloring. 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.
Red velvet cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Red velvet cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook red velvet cake using 20 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Red velvet cake:
- Make ready Cake
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup sugar
- Make ready 2 eggs
- Get 2 1/2 cup flour
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- Get 1 cup buttermilk
- Prepare 1 tbsp vanilla
- Get 1 tbsp baking soda
- Get 1 tbsp vinegar
- Take 2/3 oz red food coloring
- Make ready 2 tbsp cocoa
- Prepare 1/2 lb butter
- Take Frosting
- Prepare 1 lb powdered sugar
- Make ready 8 oz cream cheese
- Prepare 4 oz butter
- Get 1 tbsp vanilla
- Make ready 1 1/4 cup chopped pecans
- Prepare Decoration
- Prepare 1 chocolate bar
Mix soda and vinegar and gently fold into cake batter. The combo of vinegar and buttermilk makes a red velvet cake extra tender, light, and fluffy. The striking red color makes it unforgettable. Beat in food coloring, vinegar and vanilla.
Instructions to make Red velvet cake:
- Mix eggs sugar oil and vinegar until creamy
- Add flour and baking soda together while beating mixture
- Add cocoa and butter
- Add buttermilk vanilla and coloring while stirring
- Bake 3 layers at 350°F
- For icing: Melt cream cheese and butter slowly at low temperature
- Add sugar, pecans, and vanilla
- Mix and spread between cake layers finishing by covering all layers
- For Decoration: Use a cheese grater and shred the chocolate bar on top of the cake
The striking red color makes it unforgettable. Beat in food coloring, vinegar and vanilla. This is similar to the original recipe that began the red velvet craze. It was developed by the Adams Extract company in Gonzales, Tex. From the color to the crumb, this homemade red velvet cake is a dessert classic.
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