The shining chromaticity of this festive cake will make it a vacation hit for the Fourth of July , Christmas , or other celebration .

This red velvet patty recipe is a delightful and fun option for the next metre you ’re baking for a special event . From its brightly colored cake to its white buttercream frosting , it ’s an resistless way to say " Happy Birthday , " " Merry Christmas , " or " Welcome home . "

Prepare Ahead

you’re able to make the buttercream frost ahead of meter so it ’s quick to use when you bake your red velvet cake recipe . hive away it in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week or in the freezer for up to four months . Bring it to room temperature before whipping for a creamy consistence .

Ingredients

3eggs

¾cupbutter

3cupsall - purpose flour

Red Velvet Cake

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1Tbsp.unsweetened chocolate powder

¾tsp.salt

2¼cupssugar

1½tsp.vanilla

1(1 - oz.)bottlered food coloring(2Tbsp . )

1½cupsbuttermilk

1½tsp.baking soda

1½tsp.vinegar

1recipeButtercream frost

Buttercream Frosting

1½cupswhole milk

⅓cupflour

Dashsalt

1½cupssoftened butter

1½cupssugar

2tsp.vanilla

Directions

Prep Baking Pans

Let eggs and butter stand 30 min . Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Grease and flour three 8 x 1 - 1/2 - inchround baking Pan ; set aside .

Combine Dry and Wet Ingredients

In medium bowl combine flour , cocoa powder , and the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ; place aside . In turgid mixture bowling ball beat butter on medium - high 30 seconds . Add kale and vanilla;beat until combined . One at a time , add eggs ; beat on spiritualist after each . Beat in food coloring on miserable .

Add Flour Mixture to Wet Ingredients

Alternately add flour mixture andbuttermilkto egg mixture ; amaze on small - medium after each just until combined . Stir together broil soda and vinegar . bestow to batter ; beat just until combine .

Bake and Cool

Spread in fain pans . Bake 25 - 30 minutes or until pick tuck near meat comes out clean ( cakes may come out marbleized ) . Cool in Pan on conducting wire rack 10 minutes . get rid of from genus Pan ; cool .

Frost Cake

Prepare Buttercream Frosting . Place layer bland side up on home base . open top with 3/4 cup frost . Stack level , unconditional side up ; spread top with 3/4 cup frosting . spate last layer , flat side down ; spread remaining frosting on top and side . Makes 16 serving .

Cook the Milk Mixture

In medium saucepan whisk together Milk River , flour , and salinity . Cook and stir over medium hotness until thicken and bubbly . come down heat ; falsify and stir 2 instant more .

Cool the Milk Mixture

Transfer to little bowling ball ; deal surface with plastic wrap . Refrigerate until cool off ( do not stir ) .

Cream Ingredients and Combine

In large bowling ball metre butter , simoleons , and vanilla on medium 5 minutes until light and downlike and sugar is almost dissolve . bring cooled milk mixture , 1/4 cup at a time ; beat on low after each until smooth .

Nutrition Facts(per serving)

  • The % Daily Value ( DV ) tell you how much a food in a food serving contributes to a daily diet . 2,000 calories a Clarence Day is used for world-wide nutrition advice .