Easy Red Velvet Cake
Ingredients
For the Cake
4½ Cups All Purpose Flour
¼ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
2 teaspoons table salt
1 Cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
3 Cups Sugar
4 Large Eggs
2 Cups Buttermilk
6 Tablespoons red liquid food coloring
2 teaspoon Vanilla extracts
2 teaspoon distilled white Vinegar
2 teaspoon baking soda
1½ toasted Pecans, coarsely chopped
For the Frosting
For frosting:
½ cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1⅛ teaspoons table salt
2¼ cups whole milk
2¼ cups salted butter, softened
2¼ cups extrafine granulated sugar (or sifted powdered sugar)
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
Preparation
1
Stay Pans in the oven
2
Preheat oven to 350' F
3
Spray the pans and parchments with nonstick cooking spray
4
Whisk the flour, cocoa, and salt in a bowl to combine
5
Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixed at medium speed, until fluffy (5 min)
6
Add Eggs one at a time (mixing for 30 sec per egg)
7
Add Buttermilk in 2 to 3 equal additions
8
Mix coloring and vanilla extract one at a time.
9
Combine Baking Soda and White Vinegar in a separate bowl, then add to the Cake Batter
10
Divide the batter evenly among the four pans
11
Bake until cake springs back when touched (30 to 35 min)
12
Cool the cake for 10 minutes
13
For frosting, start combining flour, salt, and ¾ cup milk in a saucepan
14
Whisk until smooth
15
Whisk in the remaining milk
16
Cook over medium heat until thickened, whisking occasionally
17
Remove from the heat, transfer to a bowl, and cool completely.
18
Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy
19
Add the vanilla and the cooled milk mixture
20
Beat until light and fluffy and no longer grainy
21
Store in the refrigerator
22
Bring to room temperature, and beat again before using.
23
Spread the frosting one layer at a time. Add another layer and so on until the whole cake is filled with frosting
24
Cover the top and sides with remaining frosting
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About
The Red Velvet cake is a butter cake with a touch of light cacao flavor to mask the red food coloring flavor. This cake is perfect for Valentine ‘s as its color meshes with color of love, red.
Added:
Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 12:43pm
