Red Velvet Cake

Name: Red Velvet Cake
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 907 grams boxes confectioners sugar; 454 grams packages cream cheese, at room temperature; 2 larges eggs; 591 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; 473 milliliters granulated sugar; 473 milliliters pecans, finely chopped; 28 grams red food coloring; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature; 12 servings Unsalted butter, for the pans; 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 414 milliliters vegetable oil

This recipe makes 12 servings with 986 calories, 8g of protein, and 49g of fat each. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. valentin day will be even more special with this recipe. Only From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet. If you have baking soda, eggs, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter three 9-inch-round cake pans and line the bottoms with parchment paper; butter the parchment and dust with flour.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

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Baking Paper

Oven

Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt into a large bowl.

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Baking Soda

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bowl

Whisk the granulated sugar and eggs in a separate large bowl until combined. Gradually stir in the vegetable oil.

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Granulated Sugar

Vegetable Oil

Egg

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Whisk

Bowl

Add the flour mixture, alternating with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture, stirring well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla and red food coloring.

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Red Food Color

Buttermilk

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Divide the batter evenly among the pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool the cakes in the pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto racks to finish cooling; peel off the parchment.

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Toothpicks

Oven

Make the frosting: Beat the cream cheese and butter in a large bowl with a mixer until creamy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar until the mixture is smooth. Beat in the vanilla and nuts, reserving 2 tablespoons nuts for garnish. (You can make the cakes and/or frosting up to 2 days ahead; wrap the cakes in plastic wrap and refrigerate the frosting.)

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Powdered Sugar