Red Velvet Cake
Red Velvet Cake

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, red velvet cake. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Browse For Yummy & Hassle-Free Cake & Cupcake Recipes From Kraft®. 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.

Red Velvet Cake is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Red Velvet Cake is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have red velvet cake using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Red Velvet Cake:
  1. Take 1/2 cup butter.(2 tbsp for greasing)
  2. Make ready 3 tbsp cocoa powder
  3. Take 1 1/2 cups sugar
  4. Prepare 2 eggs
  5. Get 2 tsp vanilla essence
  6. Get 2 tbsp food colouring
  7. Make ready 1 tsp salt
  8. Get 1 tsp baking soda
  9. Make ready 2 1/2 cups flour. Sifted
  10. Prepare 1 cup whole milk

Make a paste of cocoa and red food coloring; add to creamed mixture. Add the flour to the batter, alternating with the buttermilk mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Mix soda and vinegar and gently fold into cake batter. 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.

Steps to make Red Velvet Cake:
  1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Greese the pans.
  2. Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time and beat vigorously until each is incorporated. Mix in vanilla.
  3. In a separate bowl, make a paste of the remaining 2 tbsp of cocoa and the food colouring. Blend into the butter.
  4. Sift together the remaining dry ingredients. Alternating 2 batches each. Add dry ingredients and whole milk to rhe butter mixture. In the last of milk, mix in the vinegar before adding to the butter.mix until well blended
  5. Divide the butter among 3 pans and bake for about 20 to 25 minutes
  6. Cool in a cooling rack completly.
  7. To assemble, remove 1 cake from its pan and place it flat side down on a serving platter. Drop about 1 cup of icing onto the cake and using a flat spatula, spread evenly over the top of first layer. Use the remaining frosting to cover the top and sides of the cake.

Mix soda and vinegar and gently fold into cake batter. 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. Beat in food coloring, vinegar and vanilla. This is similar to the original recipe that began the red velvet craze.

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