Red Velvet Cake Recipe List

If you're looking for that perfect Red Velvet Cake Recipe then you've arrived at the right place.  Here you will find a list containing many variations on this wonderful recipe making it easy for you to prepare at home.

This is a great video explaining how to make Red Velvet Cupcakes while you can find loads of recipes below on how to make the classical Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cake Recipe 1

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 or 2 (1-ounce) bottles red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons cocoa
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Cream cheese frosting
• Chopped pecans to garnish

Directions:

• Beat the shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy.
• Gradually add sugar, beating well.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating until blended after each addition.
• Stir in food coloring and vanilla blending well.
• Combine flour, salt, and cocoa and then set aside.
• Combine the buttermilk, vinegar, and soda in a 4-cup liquid measuring cup (mixture will bubble).
• Add the flour mixture to the shortening mixture, alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture.
• Beat at a low speed until blended after each addition.
• Beat at medium speed for two minutes; pour the batter into three greased and floured eight-inch round cakepans.
• Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes.
• Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks.
• Spread Cream Cheese Frosting between layers and on top of cake.
• Garnish with chopped pecans if desired.

Red Velvet Cake Recipe 2

Ingredients:

CAKE

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 2 oz red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoons vinegar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda

FROSTING

• 1 cup milk
• 5 tablespoon flour
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

CAKE

• Cream together the butter, sugar and eggs.
• Make a paste using the cocoa and food coloring.
• Add the paste to the creamed mixture.
• Mix salt and vanilla in buttermilk and add alternately with the flour.
• Mix soda and vinegar separately, adding last and folding in. Do not beat after adding the soda mixture.
• Bake at 350 °F for 30 minutes.

FROSTING

• Boil together the milk and flour until thickened.
• Let stand until cool.
• Cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla.
• Add milk and flour mix and beat very well (the longer you beat it the better it gets).

Red Velvet Cake Recipe 3

Ingredients:

CAKE

• 3/4 cup Crisco
• 3 x eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 tsp salt
• 3 3/8 cup flour
• 2 1/4 cup Sugar
• 3 oz Red food coloring
• 3 tbl cocoa
• 1 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 tsp vinegar
• 1 1/2 tsp Soda

FROSTING

• 3 tbl flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup butter (not whipped)
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

CAKE

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place vinegar and soda in a cup and set aside.
• Cream Crisco, sugar and eggs with a mixer.
• Make a paste of food coloring and cocoa and add it to the creamed mixture.
• Place salt and flour in sifter.
• Add the flour to the mixture a little at a time.
• As you add the flour, add the buttermilk also.
• Add vanilla and beat well.
• Lastly fold in the soda and vinegar.
• Beat for two minutes.
• Measure out the batter into three bowls so that you can get the same amount in each layer.
• Use 8x8x2 inch square pans, 3 layers.
• Grease and flour each pan before you fill it with batter.
• Cook one layer at a time.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• After the layers are cooled, trim the edges.
• Don't frost sides.
• Be sure you don't mash the layers as you frost and stack them.
• The white frosting is thick between the layers.

FROSTING 

• Have the butter at room temperature.
• Cook the flour and milk until they are thick (the consistency of oatmeal).
  Let this mixture cool.
• After the mixture cools, strain it and set aside.
• Place butter and vanilla in a bowl and beat.
• Add sugar a little at a time; beating with an electric mixer for a long time after each addition of sugar.
• Fold in the flour mixture (don't beat).
• Frost the tops only of the 3 layers.

Red Velvet Cake Recipe (as made by Chops Restaurant)

Ingredients:

CAKE

• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 teaspoons cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon cola
• 1 teaspoon coffee
• 2 (1-ounce) bottles red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk

GANACHE

• 4 ounces chopped semisweet or bittersweet chocolate
• 1/3 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1/2 tablespoon cognac or brandy (optional)

FROSTING

• 4 tablespoons ( 1/2 stick) butter, room temperature
• 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1 (1-pound) box confectioners' sugar
• Dash salt
• 1/3 cup chocolate ganache
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
• To make the frosting: With an electric mixer, cream
• To make the cake: In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt and stir to blend. Set aside.
• In another bowl, beat eggs and oil.
• Add cola, coffee, food coloring and vanilla and mix to combine.
• Alternate adding flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
• Divide equally into pans.
• Bake for 30 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes and remove from pans and cool completely on a rack.

To make the ganache: Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Heat the cream and butter just to boiling point in a saucepan. Pour over chocolate and allow it to stand for 2 minutes. Add cognac and whisk until smooth. Set aside to cool.

Butter and cream cheese. On low speed, gradually add sugar. Scrape down the beater and sides of bowl and stir to incorporate. Increase speed and beat well to combine. Add salt, ganache and vanilla and beat until incorporated.

Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Top with frosting. Add second layer and frost top and sides of cake