Classic Red Velvet Cake

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make classic red velvet cake at home? Prepare your food. First to prepare the cakes. Initially, the recipe uses buttermilk, but due to lack of availability, it is successfully replaced with kefir. Take it out of the refrigerator in advance to warm it up. Take large eggs. Be sure to wash them and dry them.

2. STEP 2

   

   Sift flour and cocoa into a large bowl. Add sugar, soda and salt. Cocoa is added to enhance the color of the cakes. If you like a more chocolatey taste, add more, but then the color of the cakes will be darker. You can add more vanilla. Keep in mind that you may need more or less flour than I did. Focus on the consistency of the dough.

3. STEP 3

   

   Mix dry ingredients.

4. STEP 4

   

   Break the eggs into another bowl. Pour in kefir and vegetable oil. Leave a little kefir. Pour gel dye into it and mix. You can also adjust the color of the cakes by using the amount of dye. The more it is, the more saturated the color. Keep in mind that the color will fade after baking. Pour the colored kefir into a bowl. Add vinegar and vanilla extract, if using.

5. STEP 5

   

   Mix the liquid ingredients using a whisk.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients. Mix them using a whisk or mixer. You should get a homogeneous mass.

7. STEP 7

   

   Prepare baking dishes. The cake can be baked in separate layers, then you will need 3 molds. I baked in a ring, its diameter is 20 cm. I made the bottom from a double layer of foil. Pour the dough into molds - three or one, like mine. Pre-grease the molds with a small amount of vegetable oil.

8. STEP 8

   

   Bake the cake in the oven at 180°C, top-bottom mode. If one, then 50-60 minutes, if three, then one after another and 30 minutes each. Determine readiness using a wooden stick - it should come out of the cake dry. Determine the exact baking time and temperature based on your oven.

9. STEP 9

   

   Cool the finished cake. Cut it into three parts. The cap on my biscuit rose a lot, I cut it off and used it for decoration.

10. STEP 10

    

    Prepare the ingredients for the cream. Take cheese like Philadelphia, cream or curd cheese, without additives. The cheese should be warm. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance; it should become soft. I used the minimum amount of powder. You can increase it to your liking. You can add vanillin or vanilla extract to the cream, I did not add it.

11. STEP 11

    

    Place cheese and butter in a bowl. Sift powdered sugar over them. This will get rid of lumps.

12. STEP 12

    

    Beat the cream at high speed with a mixer until fluffy and light.

13. STEP 13

    

    Coat the cakes with cream.

14. STEP 14

    

    Also coat the top and sides of the cake. Place the cake in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to stabilize the cream.

15. STEP 15

    

    Decorate the cake to your liking. I used berries and cake crumbs. Strawberries and pomegranate look beautiful. You can simply sprinkle the top with crumbs.

Comments on the recipe

caramel

02.11.2023

4.8

Red velvet cake is just superb! I want to share another recipe for pistachio cake with cream cheese cream.

Victoria

02.11.2023

4.8

This is a wonderful cake recipe. Red velvet is very tasty and tender. Today I prepared it. It is very easy to prepare if you know the proportions. Because if you don’t know them, then the cake won’t work. If you put less butter, the sponge cake will not rise. Therefore, there is no need to skimp on oil. It is better to use gel dye, because it does not lose color when baked, but dye in a tablet may lose color and the cake will not be red. You also need to pay special attention to the cream, because if you are making buttercream you will need it. It is better to take 33% heavy cream, because if you take less, the cream will be liquid and the cake will fall apart, so you should take these factors into account and then the cake will be the most delicious. And here is my photo report:

azhurakovskaya

02.11.2023

4.6

A wonderful recipe for a classic Red Velvet Cake at home. The cake is incredible😍 now it’s my favorite cake, thank you🙂

Artem

02.11.2023

4.9

I can't figure out when to add vinegar.

Irina

02.11.2023

4.7

Hello. I want to know if it is possible to cook a cake if there is no top-bottom mode? Maybe there is a way without it? I will be grateful for the answer

Rita

02.11.2023

4.6

The cake turned out just great!! The cakes were red, they came out beautiful, the only thing was that they couldn’t bake inside for a long time and, in the end, the tops were burnt, I probably should have set the stove lower, I also learned a lesson for myself that before spreading the cream on the cakes, they must cool down, otherwise all the cream will flow out 😅, but, realizing the mistake, everything turned out very well, and most importantly delicious, thank you very much for the recipe!!!

Ksenia Tishko

02.11.2023

4.7

Perfect cake❤️thanks for the recipe🤍everyone loves the cake🌸