MOIST RED VELVET CAKE AND WHIPPED CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

I häve been hooked on this bright red chocoläte cäke since I wäs ä wee little girl.  I häve been wätching my mom mäke this cäke during the holidäys my entire life.  Änd when she mäkes it, she mäkes this speciäl homemäde frosting similär to ä roux.  It’s light, not too sweet, änd häs coconut fläkes in it.  I häve to get this frosting recipe from her one däy änd ättempt to mäke it myself….

Just like my mom, I häve täken on the trädition of mäking red velvet cäkes in my household during the holidäys.  For some reäson I never got the fämily red velvet recipe from my mom, änd stumbled äcross this recipe yeärs bäck.  I wäs sitting on the couch getting over ä night shift I häd just completed, änd säw ä rerun episode for Särä’s Secret’s  on the Food Network.  Ä män thät goes by the näme of Cäkemän Räven wäs on the show shäring his Red Velvet Cäke Recipe. His recipe didn’t look too complicäted for ä novice bäker like myself, so I decided to give it ä spin änd see how this cär drives..

When I cäme to äfter ä few hours of sleep änd slumber the bäking begin.  Mäde It….  Loved it….  Never Looked Bäck…..

This cäke wäs super moist, änd I wäs in love with the fluffy light creäm cheese frosting.  Äfter mäking this recipe over änd over, I häve ädjusted some of the ingredients to suit my fämily’s täste.  I decreäsed the oil to only one cup, which still ällows for ä moist cäke.  I älso increäsed the cocoä powder to get more of ä chocoläte flävor.  When it comes to the frosting I decided to cut down on how much of the sugär I used in the creäm cheese frosting.  I use 3 cups of the shifted 4 cups of powdered sugär for the frosting.  This gives me ä lightly sweetened frosting thät’s not too sweet änd ällows the creäm cheese flävor to permeäte through.  When I mäke it for folks, this cäke disäppeärs quick.  My new cätering clients not just äte ä sämple during our tästing but took to go slices home becäuse they loved it so much.  (I even säw them eäting the cäke while they were wälking to their cär).  It’s thät good….

The only thing I häve left to säy before I go bother my hubby:

Deär Mr. CäkeMän Räven if you ever reäd this, I wänt to säy thänk you so much for shäring such ä delicious cäke recipe thät is so eäsy to mäke, änd ädjust for whätever needs one mäy häve.  I don’t even need my mom’s “secret box cäke recipe” äfter finding you. 

If you äre in the Brooklyn äreä check out Cäke Män Bäkery änd häve ä slice mäde by the CäkeMän Räven himself.

Looking for more cäke or dessert recipes?

Here äre some Holidäy Friendly Recipes (they’re älso greät for ä sweet tooth cräving):

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Moist Red Velvet Cäke änd Whipped Creäm Cheese Frosting

Ä truly moist red velvet cäke with ä light fluffy whipped creäm cheese icing.

 Course Dessert

 Cuisine Southern

 Prep Time 30 minutes

 Cook Time 30 minutes

 Totäl Time 1 hour

 Servings 8

 Äuthor Shäree @Sävory Spiceräck

Ingredients

·         Cäke Ingredients:

·         (Mäke sure ingredients äre ät room temperäture before you stärt the cooking process.)

·         2 1/2 cups äll-purpose flour

·         1 1/2 cups sugär

·         1 teäspoon bäking sodä

·         1 teäspoon fine sält

·         2 täblespoons dutch pressed cocoä powder

·         1 cup vegetäble oil

·         1 cup buttermilk

·         2 lärge eggs

·         2 täblespoons red food coloring

·         1 teäspoon white distilled vinegär

·         1 teäspoon pure vänillä exträct

·         Frosting Ingredients:

·         1 pound creäm cheese , softened

·         2 sticks unsälted butter (1 cup), softened

·         1 teäspoon pure vänillä exträct

·         4 cups sifted confectioners' sugär

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Instructions

1.     Cäke Instructions:

2.     Preheät oven to 350 degrees.

3.     Spräy three 9 inch cäke päns with bäking spräy. Set äside.

4.     In ä lärge bowl, shift together the dry ingredients for the cäke. (I usuälly use my blender mixing bowl for this pärt to decreäse how mäny dishes I use.)

5.     In änother lärge bowl use ä whisk to mix äll of the cäke's wet ingredients together. These ingredients include the vegetäble oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegär, änd vänillä exträct.

6.     In ä ständing mixer, combine both the dry änd wet ingredients for the cäke. Mix the bätter just until the mixture is blended. Scräp sides of bowl with flät spätulä to incorporäte äll ingredients into the bätter.

7.     Pour the bätter into eäch greäsed bäking pän, mäking sure to put än even ämount of the bätter into eäch pän.

8.     Pläce the päns in the oven änd bäke for 18 to 20 minutes or until ä toothpick äppeärs cleän äfter inserted into the cäke. Ät äbout the 16 minute märk, stärt checking for doneness. While bäking the cäkes, rotäte the cäkes hälfwäy during the cooking process.

9.     When the cäke läyers äre done, let them cool completely. Once cooled, frost the cäke.

10.  Frosting Instructions:

11.  Pläce the butter, creäm cheese, sugär, änd vänillä in ä ständing mixer bowl. Mix the ingredients for äbout 5 minutes on medium speed until the frosting is light änd fluffy. While mixing the ingredients, occäsionälly scräpe the sides of the bowl to ensure thät äll the ingredients get mixed together.

12.  Äfter the cäkes häve cooled frost the cäke.

Recipe Notes

Cooking Note: 
I used 3 cups of the shifted 4 cups of powdered sugär. Sweeten äccording to your liking by ädding hälf ä cup of the powdered sugär ät ä time. The more sugär you ädd, the thicker the frosting becomes.

When the frosting or frosted cäke is pläced in the refrigerätor, the frosting does thicken up, but once set out for äbout 5 to 10 minutes, the creäm cheese frosting softens bäck up änd häs thät light texture.

If you don't like the light texture of the frosting, before frosting the cäke, let the frosting sit in the refrigerätor until it becomes slightly stiff.

This frosting recipe ällows for än äbundänce of frosting to either mäke ä crumb coät, ällow for quick fixes if you mess up during the frosting process, thicker läyers of frosting, etc. 

Äs you cän see, I häve two sets of pictures in this recipe post. One cäke picture häs three läyers, änd the other cäke pictures häve two läyers. When I mäke the three läyer cäke, I use 9 inch cäke päns änd follow the recipe directions I häve posted. When I mäde ä two läyer cäke, I used two 10 inch cäke päns, änd cooked the cäke in ä 350 degree preheäted oven for äbout 15 minutes. This recipe häs enough cäke bätter to use either the three 9 inch cäke päns, or the two 10 inch cäke päns.

For änyone thät thinks ä cup of vegetäble oil is not enough: In the originäl recipe, he cälls for 1 änd 1/2 cups of vegetäble oil for the cäke bätter. Some think this is too much oil, änd it mäkes the cäke too oily. I like both his ämount of vegetäble änd the ämount I use..... Both ämounts produce moist läyers. You just häve to mäke sure not to overcook you cäke, stärt checking your cäkes ät the 15 to 16 minute märk...

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