Red Velvet Cake is by far the most favorite cake of mine.
It is an upgraded version of a vanilla cake having a tanginess of buttermilk. This cake is super moist with a velvety texture. When you dig into the creamy filling of cake and reach into the cake, your palate my friend is elevated!!!
Perfectly fluffy cake made out of 2 8″ cakes and divided to make a 4 layer cakes is a showstopper on any special occasions.
Let’s make Red Velvet Cake for birthday party….in my styleπππ
Type- Cake
Preparation time- 20-25 minutes for cake +12-15 minutes for frosting
Cooking time- 30-35 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean
Ingredients for the dry ingredients:
- 3 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tbs cocoa powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
Ingredients for the wet ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups of sugar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 cup buttermilk (3/4th cup sour cream+1 1/2 cup water OR 1.5 cup milk to that add 3 tbs vinegar or lime juice and microwave for 30 secs,shake it and rest it for 1-2 minutes and buttermilk is ready)
- 1 tbs vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 2 tbs red food color
- 3/4th cup melted butter
Ingredients for cream cheese frosting:
- 12 ounces (340gm) cream cheese
- 8 ounces butter (1/2 cup))(227gm)
- 26 ounces (737gm) powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- We used 5-6 yellow food color as mine was a ironman cake
Procedure for the red velvet cake:
- In a bowl add 3 cups of all purpose flour to that add 2 tbs cocoa+1 tsp baking soda+1/2 tsp baking powder
- Give it a quick mix,sift it and keep it aside
- Make buttermilk by adding 3/4 th sour cream + 1 1/4 th cup water and mix
- Keep it aside
- In another bowl add 3/4 th cup softened butter and whisk for 1 minute
- In that add 2 cups of sugar and whisk
- At this point add 2 eggs and whisk until smooth
- Now add 1 tbs vinegar and 1 cup buttermilk and again whisk
- When everything is evenly mixed add 1 tbs vanilla essence
- Add 1 tbs red food color and mix
- Gradually add the dry ingredients and whisk again
- If you need you can add some more color
- Our batter is now ready
- Bake it on a preheated 350F oven for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes clean
- With this batter you can make 2 8″ cake or 1 12″ cake
- Let it cool now,on between let’s make our cream cheese frosting
Procedure for cream cheese frosting and assembling the cake:
- In a bowl add 1 8 ounce cream cheese+ 1 12 ounce softened butter
- Whisk it and add 26 ounces of powdered sugar
- Whisk it and add 1 tbs vanilla essence
- We’ve added few drops out yellow food color to match my ironman theme cake
- Slice the cake into halves
- Make a sweet syrup by adding 3 tbs honey+6 tbs water and mix
- Poke holes so that the syrup can sip in
- Brush the syrup
- Take one layer poke holes,brush the syrup
- Apply the cream cheese frosting and even it out
- Repeat the process for all the layers
- After that frost the cake from outside
- Decorate the cake,the way you like
- We went for an Ironman cake, as per requested by my son on his birthday π₯³
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