RED VELVET CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Red Velvet Cake is a classic that is perfect for any occasion.
Red velvet cake is one of my very favorite cake recipes. I have been making them for years! Everyone loves this red velvet cake and you will make this over and over again. This is a good wedding cake, birthday cake or just make it to serve family and friends anytime. The movie Steel Magnolias in 1989 featured a red velvet groom’s cake made in the shape of an armadillo. This cake is widely considered a Southern recipe by most people although it is served in many places in the north. Popular frostings are cream cheese and buttercream. This is a moist, light, and fluffy cake that is wonderful with coffee. Red velvet cake is a great addition to any holiday meal or buffet table. You may also like this delicious Apple Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.
Red Velvet Cake Ingredients Needed:
All-purpose flour
Sugar
Buttermilk
Canola oil
Eggs
Vanilla
Baking soda
Cocoa
Vinegar
Red food coloring
Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients:
Cream cheese, softened
Butter, softened
Confectionery or powdered sugar
Vanilla
See the full recipe below.
Recipe Notes: You can easily make this cake a three-layer cake. Also, depending on how dark or light you want your red velvet cake will depend on how much red food coloring you add.
Recipe Comments: “Friday my granddaughter and I made this cake for my oldest daughter, my granddaughters’ aunt, for her birthday. Red Velvet and Carrot Cake are her two favorites. It was sooooo delish and oh, sooooo RICH!!!! It’s been a very long time since I’ve made “from scratch” but, it was certainly worth it!!!!”-Beverly
“I made this last year for Christmas. Had never made a red velvet cake before. Several red velvet cake lovers told me it was the best they had ever had! So, if you’re looking for a good recipe, this one is it!”-Carmen
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Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 1/2 cups canola oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. cocoa
- 1 tsp. vinegar
- 1-2 oz. red food coloring
Cream cheese frosting Ingredients
- 1 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened
- 1 stick butter softened
- 1 box confectionery or powdered sugar 16 oz
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
- Beat liquid ingredients together with mixer; add dry ingredients. Beat 2 more minutes. Spray 2 round cake pans and bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes until center is done. (This can be made in 4 layers or in 9 x 13 long pan.
Cream cheese frosting directions:
- Whip all frosting ingredients together with mixer until smooth and of spreading consistency.
Notes
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Red velvet cake is a devils food cake with red food coloring but this has one teaspoon of cocoa. I like that it uses oil but the flavor isn’t as rich as other red velvet recipes I’ve tried.
Unfortunately, that is a wide believed myth. Red velvet cake’s signature tang comes from vinegar, an ingredient that isn’t often found in devil’s food or classic chocolate cakes, and of course, buttermilk. Red velvet recipes call for natural cocoa to enhance its red color. Thanks!
Great recipes!
Thank you so much, Jean!
is it frosting between the 2 cakes?
Yes, it is frosting, Tina.
Friday my granddaughter and I made this cake for my oldest daughter, my granddaughters’ aunt, for her birthday. Red Velvet and Carrot Cake are her two favorites. It was sooooo delish and oh, sooooo RICH!!!! It’s been a very long time since I’ve made “from scratch” but, it was certainly worth it!!!! A real act of love on my part. 🙂 I researched many recipes, but your’s was indeed the best. Thanks. Going to make the Carrot Cake for her…..before her next bday.
Thank you so much for your comment and am so happy your family enjoyed the cake, Beverly.
Wow, that seems like a lot of canola oil. Is 1 1/2 cups correct??
Made it yesterday. If this recipe speaks for the rest of your recipes…it means that I can’t wait to try the rest of the recipes…I made it blue instead of red.. it was awesome
I use this recipe all the time with the exception that. I never use a mixer to make it. I use a wooden spoon a little more work but the consistency of the cake comes out better
I use this recipe for my Thanksgiving dinner! It was gone in one day thank’s for sharing I made another one onFriday and it was finished off tonight.My family loved it
That looks awesome!! Love the cream cheese frosting, I think everything is better with some cream cheese frosting somewhere.