How to Make Quick Red Velvet Cake

Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, red velvet cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a 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 popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Red Velvet Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have red velvet cake using 16 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Red Velvet Cake:

1. Prepare 2 1/2 cup flour
2. Take 1 tsp baking soda
3. Prepare 1 tsp salt
4. Take 3 tbsp cocoa
5. Make ready 2 cup vegetable oil
6. Get 2 cup sugar
7. Get 3 large eggs
8. Take 1 tsp vanilla extract
9. Prepare 1 tsp vinegar
10. Make ready 1 oz red food color
11. Make ready 1 cup buttermilk
12. Make ready 1 stick butter
13. Make ready 8 oz cream cheese
14. Get 1 tsp vanilla
15. Make ready 3 cup powdered sugar
16. Prepare 1 cup chopped pecans

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. Overall the cake was nothing special. However I am willing to try it again just to make sure it was not my own fault.

Instructions to make Red Velvet Cake:

1. preheat oven to 350
2. mix flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa. Set aside
3. Mix oil and sugar. Add eggs one at a time blending well after each. Add vinegar, vanilla, and coloring. Mix well.
4. Blend in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk.
5. Pour into 3 greased 9 inch round pans. Bake for 30 minutes.
6. For icing beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add vanilla and blend well. Slowly add powered sugar. Blend in nuts.

Overall the cake was nothing special. However I am willing to try it again just to make sure it was not my own fault. A true red velvet cake will always have a cream cheese frosting! This is similar to the original recipe that began the red velvet craze. It was developed by the Adams Extract company in Gonzales, Tex.

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