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Moist and fluffy Crimson Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting! This Southern Traditional is always a crowd-pleaser!
Crimson Velvet Cake and Cream Cheese Frosting
I’m a lover of all things crimson velvet. Crimson velvet cupcakes, crimson velvet donuts, and naturally, fundamental crimson velvet cake!!! So once I started brainstorming recipes for the upcoming vacation season, I knew an even looking crimson velvet layer cake needed to be on the menu! It’s correct so festive.
For my part, this crimson velvet cake is the entire lot crimson velvet cake must be. Every gash is:
- moist and fluffy
- spacious FLAVORFUL
- completely sweet
- a bit tangy
- vibrantly colored
- slathered in cream cheese frosting
- and totally delightful
Crimson Velvet Cake Recipe Cream Cheese Frosting
Ideas and Ideas for Recipe Success:
- This recipe requires cake flour. Cake flour is extra finely floor flour which affords this crimson velvet cake its moist, graceful crumb. In most grocery retail outlets you might possibly maybe acquire cake flour in the baking aisle. It is doubtless you’ll maybe maybe well additionally additionally recount it online here.
- While you happen to can’t acquire cake flour and don’t feel indulge in buying for it online – don’t be anxious! Making your fill cake flour is easy and most appealing requires two scheme: cornstarch and all-motive flour. Here’s what you atomize: For every 1 cup of flour known as for in the recipe, seize 2 Tbsp of flour. Then add in 2 Tbsp of Cornstarch for every 1 cup of flour (you’re changing the tablespoons of flour taken out with cornstarch). Sift this combination a pair of cases (you elevate to non-public it effectively combined) and that’s it – you correct made willing-to-employ cake flour.
- While you happen to measure your flour, make sure you’re not packing it into the measuring cup. Packed flour will yield a dense and dry crimson velvet cake.
- Buttermilk is a must for this recipe! While you happen to can’t acquire buttermilk at your native meals market, you would make a buttermilk replace. You’ll want 1 scant cup of milk (scant that technique correct a bit lower than a entire cup) and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar. You’ll measure the 1 scant cup of milk after which dawdle in the tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar. Then simply allow the combination to face at room temperature for 5. At this point you’re willing to head! The milk must be a bit thickened, with exiguous curdled bits floating around. It received’t be as thick as traditional buttermilk, however this might possibly maybe make a difficult substitution for this recipe.
- For most efficient outcomes be sure your butter, eggs, yolks, and buttermilk non-public all advance to room temperature sooner than you open baking.
- For the frosting, you’ll desire to verify your butter and cream cheese are VERY tender sooner than you open.
- While you happen to’d indulge in your cake to see exactly indulge in mine does in these photos, simply top it with crimson velvet cake crumbs (instructions for this are in the recipe box at the pause of this post).
More Cake Recipes:
- White Chocolate Crimson Velvet Truffle Cake
This vivid crimson velvet cake is sure to brighten up any vacation table! ♥♥♥
While you happen to set up that Crimson Velvet Cake, let me know! Dash away a comment under and don’t neglect to snap a pic and designate it #bakerbynature!
Crimson Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Ashley Manila
The acceptable Crimson Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting!
Prep Time forty five minutes
Cook dinner Time forty five minutes
Inactive Time 2 hours
Full Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Southern
Servings 1 – 9″ Layer Cake
Components
For the Crimson Velvet Cake:
- 3 cups cake flour
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 and 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup gentle brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 substantial eggs plus 2 egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons crimson meals coloring, roughly in step together with your colour choice
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup vegetable oil
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 2 blocks (16 ounces) full-full cream cheese, VERY tender
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsalted butter, VERY tender
- 1 tablespoon vanilla pure extract (omit if you elevate to non-public a stark white frosting)
- 4 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted, extra if mandatory
Directions
For the Crimson Velvet Cake:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Gash out two 9-mosey spherical segments of parchment paper to line your cake pans with. Spray two 9″ spherical cake pans generously – aspects and bottom – with nonstick cooking spray, then build the parchment paper lower out in the bottom of the pans and spray all all over again. Or not it’s a must-non-public to verify every little bit of pan and paper are sprayed so your desserts don’t gain caught. Residence pans apart.
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In a medium-sized bowl sift together the cake flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda; build apart. Within the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the creep attachment, beat the butter and both sugars until gentle and fluffy, scraping down the perimeters of the bowl as mandatory. Beat in the vanilla extract. Add in the eggs and egg yolks, one after the other, beating effectively after each addition. Add in the crimson meals coloring and apple cider vinegar and beat tender. With the mixer on low lunge, gradually add in the dry scheme, alternating with the buttermilk. Lastly beat in the oil, mixing correct until combined.
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Divide the batter evenly amongst the willing pans and bake for 40 to forty five minutes, or until the tops are firm and and a cake tester (or toothpick) inserted in the guts comes out beautiful, or with a pair of moist (however not moist) crumbs clinging to it. Enable the desserts to frosty in the pans for 5 minutes sooner than gently working a knife across the perimeters to loosen any caught bits, then turning them out onto a cooling rack to frosty totally. While the desserts frosty, you would make the frosting.
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
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Within the bowl of a stand-mixer fitted with the creep attachment, or in a substantial bowl using an electrical handheld mixer, beat the cream cheese, butter, and vanilla on medium-high lunge until totally tender; about 2 minutes. Gash assist the lunge to low and gradually add the sifted confectioners’ sugar. As soon as the total sugar has been added beat on high-lunge for 1-2 minutes.
Assembly:
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Utilizing a serrated knife, reasonably spruce the raised top of every cake. Residence the cake trimmings apart – you’ll employ them for ornament later. Transfer one cake layer to a substantial plate or cake stand. Spread a thick layer of frosting on top, then gently add the second cake layer, pressing down evenly to seal them together. Frost the end and aspects of the cake. Disintegrate up the cake trimmings and sprinkle them on the end and aspects of the cake. Prick and attend, or retailer in the fridge for 2 days.
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