Moist Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Moist red velvet cake with delicious cream cheese frosting
Ingredients
Red Velvet Cake
- 3 Eggs
- 200 g Sugar 1+ 1/2 cup
- 350 ml Vegetable Oil 1+ 1/2 cup
- 240 ml Buttermilk 1 cup
- 22 g Unsweetened Cocoa Powder 3 tbsp
- 1 tsp White Vinegar
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 300 g All-purpose Flour 2 + 1/2 cups
- Red Food Colouring
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 450 g Cream Cheese 1 + 7/8 cups
- 125 g Icing Sugar 2 cups
- 200 g Butter 1 stick + 6,5 tbsp
- 20 g Dry Milk 2,5 tbsp
- 1 tsp Vanille Extract
Instructions
Red Velvet Cake
- Preheat the oven to 175C / 347 F.
- Sift and mix the dry ingredients together, all-purpose flour, unsweetened cocoa powder and baking powder. Leave them on the side for later.
- Add the 1 tsp of white vinegar to the buttermilk, stir and leave for later.
- Beat the eggs with the sugar and the vanilla extract till the batter thickens.
- Add the vegetable oil and continue beating briefly until it's incorporated.
- Add the buttermilk and beat briefly until it's incorporated as well.
- Add the dry ingredients in 2 goes and beat slightly until incorporated, then add the red food coloring until happy with the color.
- Pour the batter in a baking tin lined with parchment paper. If you devide the batter into 3 parts, bake for 19 to 20 minutes.If you bake the whole batter at once, bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
Notes
I used red Wilton food coloring (Amazon Link): https://amzn.to/3cTe37M
Heart-shaped baking tin: https://amzn.to/3aZr9hh
You can substitute the dry powdered milk with heavy cream or milk.