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Red Velvet Cake
The most incredible Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is fluffy, soft, buttery and moist with a perfect, velvety texture! Super easy to make with a few tips and tricks for the best results! You will go crazy for a second slice!
👥 12 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 40 min⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 25 min👤 Karina Carrel📖 cafedelites
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pan
- oven
- bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
For Cake:
2
Heat oven to 350°F | 175°C. Lightly grease two 8-inch cake pans with butter or nonstick oil spray and lightly dust with 1 tablespoon of the sifted cocoa powder.
3
Cream butter and sugar together until light in colour. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition to combine well.
large eggs2
4
In a smaller bowl, mix together oil, remaining cocoa powder, red food colouring and vanilla until smooth. Stir colour mixture and vinegar through the creamed sugar mixture to combine.
5
Sift together flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl. Add half of the dry ingredients and half of the buttermilk to the wet ingredients; mix well. Repeat with remaining dry ingredients and buttermilk.
baking soda (bi-carb soda)1 teaspooncup unsalted butter (at room temperature)1/2salt1 teaspoonbuttermilk1 cup
6
Divide batter among the 2 prepared pans and bake for about 25 to ⏱️ 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack completely.
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For Cream Cheese Frosting:
cream cheese (not spreadable, at room temperature)14 ounces
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Beat together cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth lighter in colour (about ⏱️ 3-4 minutes). Beat in icing sugar until frosting is light and fluffy (if frosting is too thin, add more icing sugar and beat again until reaching your desired consistency).Optional if using: mix in the lemon juice.
cream cheese (not spreadable, at room temperature)14 ouncesicing sugar (or confectioners)4 cupslemon juice (optional - adds subtle hint of lemon)1 tablespoon
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Assemble Cake:
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Transfer 1 cake onto a serving dish/plate, flat-side down. Trim the top dome off of the cake to create a flat bottom later. Scoop about 1 1/2 - 2 cups of frosting onto cake and spread evenly over the top.
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Place second cake layer on top and use remaining frosting to cover top and sides of cake.
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Crumble trimmed pieces of cake to decorate.Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
calories
431 kcal
fat Content
22 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sugar Content
28 g
sodium Content
553 mg
protein Content
10 g
trans Fat Content
1 g
cholesterol Content
78 mg
carbohydrate Content
90 g
saturated Fat Content
11 g
unsaturated Fat Content
10 g
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