Baking•indulgent
Red Velvet Cake
Red Velvet Cake – delicious cake loaded with cream cheese frosting, perfect for anytime of the year, but especially festive for the holidays season. Get the easy recipe.
- Prep time
- 25 min
- Cook time
- 25 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 1/2 cups sugar ((approximately 300 g))
- 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature, (approximately 230 g))
- 4 tablespoons baking cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour ((approximately 300 g))
- 1 cup buttermilk ((approximately 240 ml))
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon red (no-taste) icing color
- 8 oz package cream cheese (room temperature, (approximately 230g))
- 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature, (approximately 230 g))
- 3 cups powdered sugar ((approximately 360 g))
- 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C). Coat three 8-inch (20 cm) pans with nonstick spray and set aside.
- 2
To make the cake
- 3
To make the frosting