Recipe: Perfect Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cake.

You can have Red Velvet Cake using 11 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Red Velvet Cake

1. It's 2 1/4 cup of sifted cake flour (not self rising).
2. You need 1/4 cup of cocoa powder.
3. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
4. It's 8 tbsp (1 stick) of unsalted butter, at room temperature.
5. You need 1 1/2 cup of sugar.
6. You need 2 of large eggs, at room temperature.
7. It's 2 tbsp of liquid red food coloring.
8. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
9. You need 1 cup of buttermilk, at room temperature.
10. It's 2 tsp of distilled white vinegar.
11. It's 1 tsp of baking soda.

Red Velvet Cake step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease two 9"x2" round cake pans..
2. Sift flour, cocoa, and salt into a bowl..
3. In stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat butter at low speed until creamy.
4. Add sugar; blend on medium speed, scraping bowl occasionally, untill fluffy, about 3 mins..
5. Add eggs 1 at a time, mixing well after each. Scrape bowl; add food coloring and vanilla..
6. On low speed, beat in flour mixture in thirds, alternating with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture..
7. In small bowl, stir together vinegar and baking soda..
8. Stir into batter.
9. Divide batter between prepared pans; spread evenly..
10. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. 25 to 30 mins..