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Buttery and Moist Red Velvet Cake Recipe
A red velvet cake is best known for its bright red colour and white cream cheese frosting. A popular dessert amongst people of all ages, the perfect red velvet cake combines buttermilk and vanilla with a hint of chocolate. Follow our easy red velvet cake recipe for an incredibly soft, moist, and buttery cake.
Meal: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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Yield: 10 servings
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 120g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 10g unsweetened cocoa powder plus 1 tbsp extra for dusting
- 300g granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 60ml cooking oil
- 45ml liquid red food colouring
- 10ml vanilla extract
- 20ml white vinegar
- 350g plain cake flour, sifted
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 250ml buttermilk
For the cream cheese frosting:
- 400g cream cheese, room temperature
- 120g unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 800g icing sugar
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
Equipment
- 2 20cm cake pans
- 1 stand mixer
- 1 small bowl
- 1 silicone spatula
- 1 sifter
- 1 large bowl
- 1 plate
- 1 wire rack
Directions
For the cake:
- Heat the oven to 175°C. Grease the two 20cm cake pans with butter and dust with 1 tablespoon of the cocoa powder.
- Mix butter and sugar in the stand mixer. Add the eggs, and beat well after each addition.
- In a small bowl, mix the oil, remaining cocoa powder, red food colouring, and vanilla until smooth. Add vinegar and combine with the creamed sugar mixture.
- Sift the flour, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Combine the dry ingredients and the buttermilk with the wet ingredients. Mix well.
- Separate the batter into the two cake pans and bake for about 25 to 30 minutes. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
For Cream Cheese Frosting:
- Mix the cream cheese, butter and vanilla until smooth.
- Add the icing sugar and beat until the frosting is light and fluffy.
Assemble the Cake:
- Transfer one cake onto a plate, flat-side down. Trim the top of the cake to create a flat top. Spread the frosting evenly over the top.
- Place the other cake layer on top and use the remaining frosting to cover the top and sides of the cake.
- Decorate the top with the trimmed pieces of cake.
Healthier red velvet cakes
Unfortunately, red velvet cake can be unhealthy as it contains a lot of artificial food colouring, and its icing is full of fat and sugar. For fans of red velvet cakes, substitute the red food colouring in our red velvet cake recipe with healthier alternatives. Here are some healthy and natural alternatives that will not affect the flavour of the red velvet cake: pomegranate juice, beet juice, beet powder, dried hibiscus flowers and boiled cranberries.