Lightly oil and flour three 9 by 1 1 2 inch round cake pans.
Best red velvet cake recipe from scratch.
Made from scratch and surprisingly easy when a few simple steps are followed watch how to make it in the recipe video this has a soft velvet texture just like what you get from top end fine bakeries and is topped with soft cream cheese frosting uk readers.
It s different than other red velvet cakes i ve tasted over the years since this one tastes only mildly chocolate and the icing is as light as snow.
Butter and flour 3 8 inch round cake pans.
This red velvet cake recipe will give you a luscious cake that is ultra moist without being overly soft or crumbly it has just the right amount of cocoa and the sour cream in the recipe makes it stable enough to withstand the weight of fondant or a thick coat of cream cheese frosting.
Some people claim to have the best red velvet cake recipe but i truly think mine is the best of course.
I love red velvet cake but i don t love everyones red velvet cake recipe.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat butter and sugar at medium speed until fluffy 3 to 4 minutes stopping to scrape sides of bowl.
Haha this southern red velvet cake is so unbelievably moist.
In a large bowl sift together the flour sugar baking soda salt and cocoa powder.
This best red velvet cake recipe you will ever try.
I can never get enough.
She would go to the trouble of making the cake cooking the frosting and carefully frosting it.
The cake was dry.
Being from the south my recipe options were endless.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees f.
This red velvet cake is so moist fluffy.
Hooooowever i still knew that the perfect red velvet cake was still out there somewhere.
I never really thought too much about it except that it was a special occasion cake.
My mom would always make this velvet red cake cake from scratch on christmas when i was growing up.
This leads some people to think that red velvet cake is simply a white cake dyed red.
Preheat oven to 350 f 180 c.
My 87 year old mother was here and said it was very close to the original red velvet cake recipe.
I baked the first one for christmas in 1963 when i found the recipe in the newspaper and my mother kept the tradition going into the 80s.
Icing was creamy and buttery without being too sweet.
I have been on the search for the best homemade red velvet cake recipe for a while now actually.
When making this cake substitute shortening for 1 cup of oil and double the cocoa for a perfect cake.
In our family no one thinks it s christmas without this red velvet cake recipe.
The distinct flavors of red velvet cake come from the buttermilk vinegar cocoa powder and cream cheese frosting.
Best red velvet cake recipe ever.