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HOMEMADE RED VELVET CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING



Homemade Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting image

I came up with this recipe after going through tons of recipes and reviews. I like nice solid cakes, and this one is a little on the dense side but it's moist and has good amounts of chocolate and vanilla so that you can taste them but they're not overpowering. It is to-die-for good with frosting that is not too sweet or heavy.

Provided by iluvfewd

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Red Velvet Cake Recipes

Time 1h30m

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 19

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 ¼ teaspoons salt
3 eggs
1 ½ cups vegetable oil
1 ½ cups buttermilk
½ cup sour cream
2 tablespoons red food coloring
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 ½ teaspoons white vinegar
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature
1 cup white sugar
¼ cup all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour two 9x2-inch cake pans.
  • Sift flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl and set aside.
  • Whisk eggs in a large mixing bowl until yolks are broken. Add oil, buttermilk, sour cream, red food coloring, vanilla extract, and vinegar; mix to combine. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, mixing by hand as little as possible so as not to overbeat. If mixing with an electric mixer, add flour mixture and mix until just incorporated. Divide batter evenly between the prepared pans.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes before removing cakes from pans to cool completely on a wire rack, 20 to 30 minutes more.
  • Meanwhile, whip cream cheese in a bowl using an electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Scrape into a different bowl.
  • Sift sugar, flour, and salt together in a medium saucepan. Turn heat to medium-high and whisk in milk and vanilla extract slowly until there are no lumps. Cook until it starts to bubble and becomes thick and pudding-like, 7 to 8 minutes. Pour into a mixing bowl and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
  • Whisk chilled mixture using an electric mixer with a whisk attachment for 5 minutes. Add whipped cream cheese slowly, whisking until you have a smooth frosting, about 5 minutes more. Use to frost cooled cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 758.3 calories, Carbohydrate 80.7 g, Cholesterol 94.6 mg, Fat 45 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 10.1 g, SaturatedFat 14 g, Sodium 691.5 mg, Sugar 52.9 g

TENDER RED VELVET CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING



Tender Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting image

My DH grew up on this cake! Of course, his mom had a recipe from a hotel in New York that presumably someone paid $1k for back in the fifties! Now, I believe that's an urban legend, much like the similar urban legend surrounding the famous super model's cookies of the 80's -- and I can't even remember her name! Yet her cookies were sold in airports and in cookie boutiques across the nation for years (they may still be out there!). The urban legend is all about someone paying an exorbitant price for a recipe so the disgruntled payer shares the recipe with the world at large so that it eats into so-and-so's profits (i.e., by folks making the special recipe themselves and not buying it). I'm not buying the urban legend! So there! This recipe is not about cookies; it's about classic red velvet cake. This recipe is based on the one from the magazine Cook's Country, December/January 2007. I hope you enjoy this! BTW, my DH would really love a copy of the one his mother made -- please let me know if you've posted it or have it! :) NOTE: This recipe must be prepared with natural cocoa powder. Dutch-processed cocoa will not yield the proper color or rise.Once this cake is made, you may cover and refrigerate it until ready to serve, up to 3 days.

Provided by mersaydees

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h40m

Yield 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 16

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 pinch salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
2 tablespoons natural cocoa powder
2 tablespoons one 1-ounce bottle red food coloring
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (1 1/2 sticks)
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
16 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (2 sticks)
4 cups confectioners' sugar
16 ounces cream cheese, cut into 8 pieces, softened
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 pinch salt

Steps:

  • FOR THE CAKE:.
  • Place oven rack in the middle position and heat oven to 350°F.
  • Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
  • Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl.
  • Whisk buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla, and eggs in large measuring cup.
  • Mix cocoa with food coloring in small bowl until a smooth paste forms.
  • Beat butter and sugar together on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping down bowl as necessary.
  • Add one-third of flour mixture and beat on medium-low speed until just incorporated, about 30 seconds.
  • Add half of buttermilk mixture and beat on low speed until combined, about 30 seconds. Scrape down bowl as necessary and repeat with half of remaining flour mixture, remaining buttermilk mixture, and finally remaining flour mixture.
  • Scrape down bowl, add cocoa mixture, and beat on medium speed until completly incorporated, about 30 seconds.
  • Using rubber spatula, give batter final stir.
  • Scrape into prepared pans and bake until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
  • Cool cakes in pans 10 minmutes then turn out onto rack to cool completely, at least 30 minutes.
  • FROSTING:.
  • Using electric mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  • Add cream cheese, one piece at a time, and beat until incorporated, about 30 seconds.
  • Beat in vanilla and salt.
  • Refrigerate until ready to use.
  • When cakes are cooled, spread about 2 cups frosting on one cake layer. Top with second cake layer and spread top and sides of cake with remaining frosting.
  • Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 3 days.

SOUTHERN RED VELVET CAKE WITH CLASSIC CREAM CHEESE FROSTING



Southern Red Velvet Cake with Classic Cream Cheese Frosting image

Provided by Food Network

Categories     dessert

Time 2h10m

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 20

Nonstick cooking spray, for spraying the pan
32 ounces granulated sugar
12 ounces (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 ounce molasses
12 ounces eggs, at room temperature
32 ounces buttermilk
4 ounces oil
2 ounces apple cider vinegar
2 ounces red liquid food coloring
1 ounce pure vanilla extract
35 ounces cake flour
1.75 ounces Dutch-processed cocoa powder
.5 ounce baking soda
.5 ounce salt
Classic Cream Cheese Frosting, recipe follows
24 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
12 ounces (3 sticks) unsalted butter
30 ounces powdered sugar, sifted
.3 ounce vanilla
.1 ounce kosher salt

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 330 degrees F. Grease a 13-by-9-inch baking pan with cooking spray and line it with parchment paper.
  • Cream the granulated sugar and butter together in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until they're light and fluffy. Then add the molasses and mix. Add the eggs 1 at a time and mix until they're incorporated, then scrape down the bowl and paddle to make sure it is completely mixed.
  • In a pitcher, combine the buttermilk, oil, apple cider vinegar, food coloring and vanilla.
  • Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture, finishing with the dry ingredients. Scrape the bowl and mix again, being careful not to over-beat.
  • Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let cool until no longer warm to the touch, then flip the cake out onto a cardboard cake board. With a serrated knife, remove the top of the cake to make it level. Flip the cake over and remove the browned bottom or "bloom" with the serrated knife. Slice the cake into 2 layers. Layer some of the Classic Cream Cheese Frosting between the cake layers, and then top the cake with it.
  • In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and butter together until they're soft and light. Slowly add the powdered sugar. Scrape the bowl and paddle down, then add the vanilla and salt and mix until incorporated.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING FOR RED VELVET CAKE



Cream Cheese Frosting for Red Velvet Cake image

This Cream Cheese Frosting goes perfectly with our Red Velvet Cake.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes

Yield Makes 2 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 (8-ounce) bar cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts

Steps:

  • Place butter in bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add cream cheese, and beat until well combined and fluffy, about 2 minutes more. Add sugar and vanilla, and beat until combined, about 2 minutes. Fold in walnuts.

RED VELVET CHEESECAKE WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING



Red Velvet Cheesecake with Buttercream Frosting image

This is similar to the The Cheesecake Factory's® version. It's a little time consuming but totally worth the effort.

Provided by RachelS

Categories     Desserts     Frostings and Icings     Chocolate

Time 7h25m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 25

cooking spray
4 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 ½ cups white sugar
¼ cup cornstarch
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 egg whites
½ cup heavy whipping cream
¾ cup buttermilk
¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 ¼ cups white sugar
¾ cup canola oil
2 eggs
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon red food coloring
1 cup butter, at room temperature
1 cup shortening
¼ cup marshmallow cream
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
5 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place a pan of hot water in the bottom of the oven.
  • Line two 9-inch springform pans with aluminum foil; grease with cooking spray.
  • Beat cream cheese in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth, about 3 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cup white sugar and cornstarch; beat until smooth. Add 1 tablespoon vanilla extract. Beat in 2 eggs and 2 egg whites, 2 at a time, until batter is creamy. Add heavy cream; beat just until batter is free of lumps and fluffy.
  • Divide batter between the prepared pans.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until edges appear set, about 40 minutes. Turn off oven; leave cheesecakes inside for 1 to 2 hours. Chill until firm, at least 4 hours or overnight.
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch round cake pan.
  • Whisk buttermilk and 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract together in a small bowl.
  • Whisk flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt together in a separate bowl.
  • Beat 1 1/4 cup white sugar and oil with an electric mixer until creamy. Whisk in 2 eggs, one at a time. Add vinegar and red food coloring; beat well. Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with buttermilk mixture, until batter is smooth. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool for 10 to 15 minutes in the pan. Invert onto a wire rack. Cut horizontally into 2 even layers. Chill until firm, at least 4 hours to overnight.
  • Combine butter, shortening, and marshmallow cream in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on high speed until creamy. Add 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat until light and fluffy. Add confectioners' sugar 1 cup at a time, beating until frosting is smooth.
  • Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate. Spread a thin layer of frosting on top; stack 1 cheesecake layer over cake. Spread a thin layer of frosting over cheesecake; repeat layers. Spread frosting over top and sides of cake.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 914.6 calories, Carbohydrate 91.5 g, Cholesterol 149.3 mg, Fat 58.8 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 8.7 g, SaturatedFat 25.8 g, Sodium 420.9 mg, Sugar 74.5 g

RED VELVET CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING



Red Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting image

I've been using this recipe for almost 30 years to make 2 layer cakes, cupcakes, cake balls and pancakes. I've seen numerous variations so why not add just one more to the mix?

Provided by cocosmommie

Categories     Dessert

Time 1h15m

Yield 1 Cake, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 cup buttermilk
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 1/2 ounces red food coloring
1 1/3 cups vegetable oil (Crisco)
2 1/2 cups gold medal Wondra Flour (quick mixing flour)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda (set aside)
16 ounces confectioners' sugar
8 ounces cream cheese
1/4 cup butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 cup walnuts

Steps:

  • Pre-heat oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Mix all wet ingredients in a large bowl.
  • Set baking soda aside, then mix flour, sugar and cocoa in a medium bowl.
  • Take the large bowl with wet ingredients and add dry ingredients, mixing a little at a time until mixed well.
  • Add baking soda and continue mixing until mixed well.
  • Pour mix into 2 buttered/floured glass, 8" x 8" pans.
  • Bake 45 minutes.
  • Let cool....
  • Frosting:.
  • Mix confectioners' sugar, cream cheese, vanilla, and butter in a medium bowl, until smooth.
  • Add chopped walnuts if desired, mix well.
  • Frost and decorate cake as desired.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 645.8, Fat 42, SaturatedFat 10.2, Cholesterol 62.8, Sodium 234, Carbohydrate 66.4, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 63.9, Protein 4.5

RED VELVET CAKE WITH BLACKBERRY-CREAM CHEESE WHIPPED FROSTING



Red Velvet Cake With Blackberry-Cream Cheese Whipped Frosting image

The richness of this buttermilk batter, with its slight whisper of chocolate, is perfectly offset by a smooth cream cheese streaked through with violet swirl of blackberry compote.

Provided by Jocelyn Delk Adams

Categories     Juneteenth     Dessert     Cake     Bake     Summer     Blackberry     Coffee     Buttermilk     Cream Cheese     Vinegar     Milk/Cream     Peanut Free     Tree Nut Free     Vegetarian

Yield Serves 18-22

Number Of Ingredients 26

Cake:
2 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 ⅓ cups vegetable oil
1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
2 large eggs, room temperature
¼ cup strong coffee, hot
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1 ounce liquid red food coloring
Blackberry Compote:
3 cups fresh blackberries
½ cup granulated sugar
3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Pinch salt
1/4 teaspoon cornstarch
Cream Cheese Whipped Frosting:
2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, room temperature
¾ cup confectioners' sugar
1 cup heavy cream, cold
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch salt
1 cup fresh blackberries, for garnish

Steps:

  • For the cake:
  • Preheat your oven to 325°F. Liberally prepare 3 9-inch round cake pans with the nonstick method of your choice.
  • In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, add the flour, granulated sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and mix on low speed. Slowly add the oil and buttermilk.
  • Increase the speed to medium-low and add the eggs 1 at a time, combining well after each addition and scraping down the sides and bottom of the bowl as needed. Slowly add the coffee, vanilla extract, vinegar, and food coloring. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl and mix the batter until just combined. Be careful not to overmix.
  • Evenly pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 20 to 27 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a layer comes out clean. Do not overbake.
  • Let the layers cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto wire racks. Let cool to room temperature. Lightly cover the cakes with foil or plastic wrap so they do not dry out.
  • For the blackberry compote:
  • In a medium saucepan over medium heat, warm the blackberries, granulated sugar, lime juice, and salt. Once the blackberries begin releasing their juices and the liquid begins to boil, after about 8 to 12 minutes, use a pastry cutter or fork to mash 1/2 of the berries. Leave the rest whole.
  • Stir in the cornstarch and continue to cook at a boil, allowing the juices to cook down and thicken. The compote is ready when the liquid coats and completely sticks to the back of a spoon. Remove from the heat. Let cool to room temperature.
  • For the frosting:
  • Clean your stand mixer bowl and whisk attachment. Beat the cream cheese on high speed until it begins to thicken and become fluffy.
  • Turn your mixer down to low speed and carefully add the confectioners' sugar. Once the sugar is fully incorporated, turn your mixer speed back up and continue whipping. Add the heavy cream, vanilla extract, and salt. Continue to whip until the frosting is smooth, light, and fluffy. Refrigerate the buttercream for 30 minutes to firm it up.
  • To assemble:
  • Once the layers are completely cooled, place 1 layer on a serving plate. Spread just the top with ⅓ of the frosting. Add ⅓ of the compote over the frosting. Using a butter knife or skewer, swirl the compote into the frosting. Add the second layer and spread with another ⅓ of the frosting. Add ⅓ of the compote, swirling the compote into the frosting again. Add the final layer, bottom-side up, and top with the remaining frosting. Add the rest of the compote and repeat the swirling process. Do not frost the side of the cake. Garnish with the whole blackberries. Serve at room temperature. Store in the refrigerator.

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