🎂 Red Velvet Cake — Classic Recipe
Red velvet cake is known for its soft, velvety texture, mild cocoa flavor, and rich cream cheese frosting. Here’s a reliable homemade version:
🧾 Ingredients
For the cake:
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ cups sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp cocoa powder
- 1½ cups vegetable oil
- 1 cup buttermilk (room temp)
- 2 large eggs (room temp)
- 2 tbsp red food coloring
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp white vinegar
For cream cheese frosting:
- 200g cream cheese (softened)
- ½ cup butter (softened)
- 3–4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
👩🍳 Instructions
1. Prep
- Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F)
- Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans
2. Mix dry ingredients
- In a bowl, sift flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder
3. Mix wet ingredients
- In another bowl, whisk oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vanilla, and vinegar
4. Combine
- Gradually mix wet into dry until smooth (don’t overmix)
5. Bake
- Divide batter into pans
- Bake 30–35 minutes (toothpick comes out clean)
- Cool completely
🍰 Frosting
- Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth
- Add powdered sugar gradually
- Mix in vanilla
🎂 Assemble
- Place one layer → spread frosting
- Add second layer → frost top and sides
💡 Tips
- Don’t skip vinegar—it reacts with baking soda for softness
- Use gel food coloring for deeper red
- Chill cake before frosting for cleaner layers
If you want, I can give you:
- Eggless version
- Without oven (pressure cooker method)
- Bakery-style secrets for extra softness 😊
