Red Velvet Cake
The most delicious, moist, and flavorful Red Velvet Cake you will ever eat!
Equipment
- Stand Mixer
- Hand Mixer
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Butter Softened
- 2 Cup White Sugar
- 4 Eggs
- ½ Cup Cocoa Powder High quality or Dutch Process is best
- 1 Cup Sour cream
- ½ Cup Buttermilk
- 1 Tbsp Red Food Color
- 2 Tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2½ Cup Cake Flour
- 1 tsp Baking Soda
- ½ tsp Salt
Instructions
- Pre Heat oven to 350°F/176°C
- With a stand mixer or hand mixer cream together butter and sugar until pale and yellow, about 3 minutes.
- Add in your eggs, beat until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Sift your cocoa powder in, sifting is very important with the cocoa powder, it will be lumpy if you don't sift.
- Mix in the sour cream, buttermilk, vanilla and red food coloring, the mixture may look a bit curdled at this point, it is normal.
- Add in the cake flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix until just combined, do not over mix!
- If you are making cupcakes, divide the batter into cupcake liners and fill 3/4 of the way full. If you are making a round cake, divide the batter evenly between 2 greased 9" rounds.
- Bake cupcakes for 15-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cupcake comes out clean. For a 9" round bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.
- Allow cake to cool completely and top with your favorite frosting!