Best Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cake
Is it chocolate? Is it vanilla? WHAT IS IT! Essentially it’s a chocolate cake made with little cocoa powder. The cocoa reacts with the acidic vinegar and buttermilk, and in turn keeps the cake moist, light, and fluffy. The chocolate taste is fairly mild but the flavours are delicately rich.

How To Make Red Velvet Cake

This red velvet cake has been adapted from The New York Times, with slight adjustments to the ingredients and the addition of oil for an even softer, richer and buttery melt-in-your-mouth cake. We tested a few versions with just butter, some with only oil, and some with half a dozen eggs! Truthfully, the one we are publishing is the best and received high praise from everyone who tried it. Both young and old!

Best Red Velvet Cake
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups (354g) all-purpose flour (scoop and level to measure)
• 2 cups (400g) granulated sugar
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 3 Tbsp (19g) unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3 large eggs
• 1/3 cup (80ml) vegetable or canola oil
• 3/4 cup (170g) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
• 1 1/3 cups (315ml) buttermilk
• 1 oz liquid red food coloring
• 1 1/2 tsp vinegar

Frosting

• 16 oz cream cheese, nearly at room temperature
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup (226g) unsalted butter, nearly at room temperature
• 6 cups (720g) powdered sugar

Instructions

1. For the Red Velvet Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter 3 (9-inch) round cake pans then line bottom of each with a round of parchment paper and butter parchment, set aside.
2. Add flour, baking soda and salt to a large mixing bowl. Sift in cocoa powder then whisk mixture 20 seconds, set aside.
3. In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, whip together sugar and butter until pale and fluffy (this will take several minutes whipping on high speed). Mix in vegetable oil. Scrape down bowl.
4. Blend in eggs one at a time, mixing just until combined after each addition. Mix in egg yolks then red food coloring. Scrape down bowl.
5. In a liquid measuring cup, measure out buttermilk then whisk in vanilla extract and vinegar. Working in three separate, beginning and ending with flour mixture, add 1/3 of the flour mixture alternating with 1/2 of the buttermilk mixture and mixing just until combined after each addition.
6. Scrape down sides and bottom of bowl and gently fold batter just to ensure it's evenly incorporated.
7. Divide mixture evenly among three prepared baking pans. Spread into an even layer and bake in preheated oven 26 - 30 minutes until toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out clean.
8. Cool in cake pan 10 minutes then run knife around edges of cake to loosen and invert onto wire racks to cool completely. Once cool, frost with Cream Cheese Frosting. Store cake in an airtight container in refrigerator.
9. For the Cream Cheese Frosting: Mix cream cheese and butter in a large mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer until smooth and fluffy (or alternately use stand mixer).
10. Mix in vanilla and powdered sugar and whip until light and fluffy*. Spread over cooled cake.

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