Easy Red Velvet Cake
By: Eddy
Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 - 12:43pm

Ingredients




For the Cake
4½ Cups All Purpose Flour
¼ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
2 teaspoons table salt
1 Cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
3 Cups Sugar
4 Large Eggs
2 Cups Buttermilk
6 Tablespoons red liquid food coloring
2 teaspoon Vanilla extracts
2 teaspoon distilled white Vinegar
2 teaspoon baking soda
1½ toasted Pecans, coarsely chopped
For the Frosting
For frosting:
½ cup plus 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1⅛ teaspoons table salt
2¼ cups whole milk
2¼ cups salted butter, softened
2¼ cups extrafine granulated sugar (or sifted powdered sugar)
3 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preparation

1 Stay Pans in the oven 2 Preheat oven to 350' F 3 Spray the pans and parchments with nonstick cooking spray 4 Whisk the flour, cocoa, and salt in a bowl to combine 5 Beat the butter and sugar in a bowl with an electric mixed at medium speed, until fluffy (5 min) 6 Add Eggs one at a time (mixing for 30 sec per egg) 7 Add Buttermilk in 2 to 3 equal additions 8 Mix coloring and vanilla extract one at a time. 9 Combine Baking Soda and White Vinegar in a separate bowl, then add to the Cake Batter 10 Divide the batter evenly among the four pans 11 Bake until cake springs back when touched (30 to 35 min) 12 Cool the cake for 10 minutes 13 For frosting, start combining flour, salt, and ¾ cup milk in a saucepan 14 Whisk until smooth 15 Whisk in the remaining milk 16 Cook over medium heat until thickened, whisking occasionally 17 Remove from the heat, transfer to a bowl, and cool completely. 18 Beat the butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy 19 Add the vanilla and the cooled milk mixture 20 Beat until light and fluffy and no longer grainy 21 Store in the refrigerator 22 Bring to room temperature, and beat again before using. 23 Spread the frosting one layer at a time. Add another layer and so on until the whole cake is filled with frosting 24 Cover the top and sides with remaining frosting

About

The Red Velvet cake is a butter cake with a touch of light cacao flavor to mask the red food coloring flavor. This cake is perfect for Valentine ‘s as its color meshes with color of love, red.