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Red Velvet Cake Recipe

Red Velvet Cake Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe produces the best ever red velvet cake with buttery, vanilla and cocoa flavors, as well as a delicious tang from buttermilk.
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Prep Time: 14 minutes
Baking Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 44 minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 12kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 ¼ cup / 300 grams All Purpose Flour / Maida
  • 1 ½ cup / 300 grams Sugar
  • ¼ cup / 60 grams Unsalted Butter
  • ¼ cup / 60 ml Oil
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 tbsp Cocoa Power
  • 1.5 tbsp or as needed Red Food Coloring
  • 1 cup / 240 ml Buttermilk
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tbsp Vinegar white
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • as needed Flour Buttercream CHECK THIS

Instructions

  • Start by preparing three 8-inch pan, by buttering on all sides, dusting it with flour and tap off the excess flour. Set this aside.
  • Preheat oven to 180 degree C.
  • Take cocoa, food colouring powder, ¼ cup of buttermilk and mix to a paste. Set aside.
  • Now take butter, oil, sugar, vanilla in a large bowl, Use a electric beater to cream this up.
  • Now add in eggs and cream again.
  • Add in cocoa food colour mix and mix well.
  • Add in flour, salt, buttermilk and fold gently.
  • Now take baking soda in a bowl, add in vinegar. It will bubble up. pour this into the batter and mix gently. This will lighten the batter.
  • Divide this between the cake pan and bake for 25 to 30 mins.
  • Remove it and let it cool comepletely
  • Meanwhile prepare your frosting, check this link for all frosting recipe in this blog.
  • Spread frosting between each layer of cake, sandwich the cakes, spread frosting all around the sides and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 12kcal | Carbohydrates: 0.1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 27mg | Sodium: 199mg | Potassium: 11mg | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 40IU | Calcium: 4mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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