Layer Red Velvet Cake

Name: Layer Red Velvet Cake Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 180 g Plain flour; 270 g Granulated sugar; 1.5 tablespoon Cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon Baking soda; 1 teaspoon Baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon Salt; 1/2 cup Vegetable oil; 2 Eggs; 1 cup Buttermilk; 1 tablespoon Wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon Red food coloring (sugar flair red extra); 150 g Butter; 280 g Cream cheese (full fat); 200 g Icing sugar; 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla extract

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My 2 layer red velvet cake recipe is what you have been looking for. This red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting is soft, moist, light, and delicious. It is easy to make, vibrant, and velvety.

What is Red Velvet Cake

Red velvet cake is a cake with a distinct deep red color, cocoa flavor, and velvety texture. It is slightly tangy, moist, delicious, and often comes as a layer cake, but can be made into a loaf or single tier cake. It is popularly frosted with cream cheese frosting. The ingredients for this cake include buttermilk, oil, baking soda, vinegar, flour, and eggs. Most recipes call for oil, while some use both butter and oil. Because of its eye-catching red color, it is popular as a Valentine's Day cake among other celebrations.

Best Red Velvet Cake Recipe

This is the best red velvet cake recipe if I do say so myself. My red velvet layer cake recipe is failproof and easy. You get soft, moist, and delicious cake at all times.

If you are after moist red velvet cake with cream cheese filling, this is the one. It is light and delicious. It's not too sweet, not oily, and it's the perfect balance of cocoa and tangy for that rich taste.

This is a simple red velvet cake recipe. It's a two-bowl cake recipe where you mix the dry ingredients in a bowl, the wet ingredients in another, then add the wet to the dry ingredients and mix until well combined. There is no need for a mixer or any heavy tool to make this easy red velvet cake.

This red velvet layer cake is made with oil, eggs, cider vinegar, sugar, flour, amongst other ingredients, for a cake that is not only vibrant in colour but also absolutely delicious.

It is perfect for romantic occasions, can be layered with other flavors like vanilla sponge cake and chocolate for celebration cakes, and is also perfect with tea or served as a dessert.

The cream cheese filling is tangy, smooth, and delicious, and it pairs well with the cake.

What You Need To Make Layer Red Velvet Cake

Tools

Mixing bowl
Spatula
Mixing spoon
Cake pans
Baking paper
Cooling wire rack

Ingredients

Here are the ingredients :

Plain flour- Also known as all-purpose flour

Granulated sugar - This can be substituted for caster sugar

Unsweetened Cocoa powder

Baking powder

Baking soda

Eggs

Vegetable oil

Buttermilk

Cider vinegar

Red food colouring- This is what gives the cake its distinctive red colour. Use good coloring.

FOR CREAM CHEESE

Butter

Icing sugar- Also called powdered sugar

Cream cheese

How To Make Red Velvet Cake

This is an easy recipe. Here are the step by step instructions on how to:

Prepare the cake pans- Lightly rub the cake pans with butter and line the bottom and sides with parchment/baking paper.

Mix the dry Ingredients- Add flour, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt to a mixing bowl. Stir till mixed.

Mix the wet ingredients- To another bowl, add oil, buttermilk, eggs, cider vinegar, and red food coloring. Mix till well combined.

Combine wet and dry ingredients- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix till well combined.

Divide the batter- Divide the red velvet cake batter equally into the two prepared cake pans.

Bake- Transfer the pans to the oven and bake at 160C/360F for 35 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted.

Transfer the cakes to a cooling rack and let them cool completely.

Make The Cream Cheese Frosting

Add butter to a bowl and whisk till light and fluffy.

Pour in the icing sugar and combine.

Add cream cheese and whisk till light and fluffy.

Assemble Red Velvet Cake Layers

Here's how to :

Place one of the cakes flat side down on a flat plate or cake board.
Cover the top with some of the cream cheese frosting.
Place the other cake on it, flat side up.
Cover the top and side of the cake with the remaining cream cheese frosting.

For more than 2 layers, repeat the process for all layers.

How To Store

It should be stored in the fridge for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months. The cakes should be well wrapped and placed in an airtight container before refrigerating.
It's best to bring the cake back to room temperature so it's light and moist again before eating. Put the cake in the fridge to thaw, then put it on the countertop for half an hour to reach room temperature.

FAQS

What is the best red velvet food colouring?

Gel red food coloring is the best. I use sugar flair red extra.

How to make homemade buttermilk?

Add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to a cup of milk and let it sit for 10 minutes. It's ready to use.

Helpful Tips

Don't overwork the batter. Once the ingredients are well combined, pour the batter into the cake pans and bake.
Place the cake pans in the middle of the oven for even baking.
Buttermilk can be substituted for milk+ lemon juice. Mix and let it sit for 10 minutes till it's curdled before use.
Do not open the oven door for the first 20 minutes of baking to prevent heat from escaping and the cake from deflating.
Don't overbake as that can dry up the cakes. As soon as the skewer comes out clean, take the cakes out of the oven.

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