How To Make Red Velvet Cake

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Bake a red velvet cake whenever you want to serve a dessert that's as beautiful as it is delicious.

To complete this How-To you will need:

2 1/4 c. all-purpose flour, sifted
1 tsp. salt
2 tbsp. cocoa powder
2 1-ounce bottles of red food coloring
2 sticks of softened unsalted butter, divided
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 large eggs
1 c. buttermilk
3 tsp. vanilla extract, divided
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. white vinegar
2 8-ounce packages of cream cheese, softened
2 c. powdered sugar
3 9-inch round cake pans
Bowls
A whisk
A wooden spoon
Cooling rack
Cake plate
A spatula
15-ounce can of beets (optional)
Electric mixer (optional)
Pecan halves (optional)

Step 1: Preheat oven

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour the cake pans.

Step 2: Combine flour

Combine the sifted flour and salt in a bowl.

Step 3: Color the cocoa

Pour the cocoa powder into a small bowl, add the red food coloring, and whisk until smooth.

Tip: You can use the juice from one 15-oz. can of beets in place of the food coloring.

Step 4: Cream the butter and sugar

In a large bowl, beat one stick of butter and sugar by hand or with a mixer at medium speed until fluffy. Then beat in the eggs, one at a time.

Step 5: Add the flour

Switch your mixer speed to low and add the flour a few tablespoons at a time. Alternate mixing flour with adding the buttermilk, vanilla extract, and dyed cocoa paste. Mix the ingredients until all the batter is the same red color, but do not overbeat.

Step 6: Mix in the vinegar

In a small bowl, stir the baking soda into the vinegar, and then fold it into the batter with a wooden spoon.

Step 7: Bake the cake

Divide the batter evenly between the cake pans and bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Let the cake cool for 10 minutes; then invert the layers onto a rack to cool completely.

Step 8: Make the frosting

Make the frosting by beating the cream cheese with one stick of butter until creamy. Beat in 1 tablespoon of vanilla. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy.

Step 9: Apply a crumb coating

When the cake has cooled, place the first layer on your cake plate or stand, spread frosting on top with a spatula, add the next layer, frost the top of that, and so on. Once you've added the final cake layer, spread a thin coating of frosting over the entire cake to contain crumbs, and then refrigerate it for 15 minutes.

Step 10: Finish frosting

Finish frosting the cake by spreading the frosting on top and on the sides. Decorate the top with pecan halves if you like.

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[Wolf1is1MY1handle]

Regret making this...made it for my husbands bday, no one at the party liked the taste. Also recipe calls for too much red food coloring and will be sure to give you a shock in the bathroom if you try it lol.

[TheLittlericecooker]

Lol I made this for valentines day for my boyfriend and he knows I love watching howcast then on valentines day I baked one but in a heart shape, and when I served it he was like " learnt it from howcast again eh.."

[34sunglasses]

i prefer the red velvet cupcakes>>> honestly i made the red velvet cupcakes like 7 times and they were perfect every single time.....much better without vinegar!!!

[singersteph97]

man, half of this video is just the ingredients! -.-

[makemebleede]

CAUTION: causes extreme behavioral issues in children. pretty colour, but so bad for you.

as is everything we love.

[millymonz]

you will need:

a non baking addiction

[passdeduchie]

Red velvet cake gives me costipation :(

[MegannManiacal]

@hamsterLover306 Red Velvet cake always has a ton of food coloring in it. it's really just chocolate cake and red food coloring

[MegannManiacal]

Way to much work,

How to make Red Velvet Cake:

Step one: Go to a store

Step two: Buy Red Velvet Cake mix and cream cheese frosting

Step three: Go home and follow the directions on the back of the box to make the cake

Step Four: Let cool then frost it and enjoy.

[SuperCuteface]

baking soda and vinegar is wat makes the volcano explode with water and shit...u will have an exploded cake then

[FindingLivvey]

Wouldn't the beet juice make the batter too watery?

[hamsterLover306]

Seems like there is wayyyyy too much food coloring. Looks good but I dont know about the food coloring