This charming red cake with an unusual texture was loved for its beauty and taste. It is impossible to pass by bright cakes with contrasting white cream and not be interested! Did you know that it is very easy to cook it yourself? We share 5 step-by-step recipes for the Red Velvet cake at home!
1. Classic Red Velvet Cake
The dessert turns out to be very smooth and neat - a perfectionist's dream!
Ingredients
For cakes: 360 g flour, 360 g sugar, 250 ml kefir, 220 g butter, 2 eggs, 15 g cocoa, 10 g baking powder, 10 g food coloring.
For the cream: 500 g cream cheese, 250 ml cream, 100 g icing sugar.
Preparation:
1. Dilute the red dye in 250 ml of kefir.
2. Combine the sifted flour with baking powder and cocoa powder.
3. Whisk butter and sugar until fluffy, add eggs and beat for another 5 minutes.
4. Combine the oil mass first with the tinted kefir, and then with the dry mixture.
5. Bake two cakes for about 50 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees, but after 40 minutes start checking with a toothpick.
6. Wrap hot cakes in plastic wrap and leave for a couple of hours to cool and soak in their own condensation.
7. At least after 4 hours in the refrigerator (you can in the morning), cut the cakes in half - there will be 4 blanks.
8. Collect all the crumbs that remain and grind them in a blender for decoration.
9. Whip the cream and icing sugar until stiff and mix with the cream cheese.
10. Using a silicone spatula, spread the cakes, collect the cake, brush it with the rest of the cream on top, decorate with crumbs and put it in the refrigerator for another 1.5 hours.
2. "Red Velvet" with vegetable oil and cornstarch
The dough will be slightly firmer and less crumbly.
Ingredients
For cakes: 110 g butter, 380 g sugar, 240 ml vegetable oil, 300 g flour, 40 g corn starch, 5 eggs, 240 ml kefir, 1.5 g vanillin, 3 tbsp. food coloring, 1 tsp. vinegar, 1 tsp. soda, 2 tbsp. cocoa, 0.5 tsp. salt.
For the cream: 800 g cream cheese, 450 ml heavy cream, 220 g icing sugar, 1.5 g vanillin.
Preparation:
1. Divide the eggs into yolks and whites.
2. Mix melted butter with sugar, add vegetable oil, and then - yolks and vanillin.
3. Continue to whisk and add kefir, mix until smooth.
4. Mix the vinegar with dry food coloring and add to the dough.
5. Combine all dry ingredients, sift, mix and slowly add to the workpiece.
6. Beat the whites until foamy and add them to the dough too.
7. Divide the mass into three equal parts and bake three cakes for half an hour at 180 degrees.
8. Wrap warm cakes in foil and refrigerate for 2-4 hours.
9. Mix all the ingredients for the cream into a delicate homogeneous mass, divide it into three parts for spreading the cakes and one larger part for covering the cake.
10. Assemble the cake, leave it in the refrigerator for 1.5 hours and cover the top with cream.
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3. Red Velvet cake for beginners
The recipe for this cake is so simple that you will even need a mixer only at the final stage!
Ingredients
For cakes: 340 g flour, 300 g sugar, 3 eggs, 300 ml vegetable oil, 150 ml heavy cream, 150 g 20% sour cream, 2 tsp. dye, 1 tbsp. cocoa, 1 tsp. soda, 2 tsp. baking powder, a pinch of salt.
For the cream: 400 g cream cheese, 200 ml heavy cream, 100 g icing sugar, 1.5 g vanillin.
Preparation:
1. Mix the sifted flour with the rest of the dry ingredients.
2. Add eggs, vegetable oil, cream, sour cream and food coloring to them.
3. Beat the dough well with a mixer until a homogeneous and rather liquid consistency, leave for half an hour.
4. Divide the mass into three parts and bake three cakes for 15-20 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees.
5. Wrap the cakes with foil and refrigerate for 2 hours.
6. Cut off the top and all the irregularities, and if desired, cut the cakes.
7. Whisk all the cream ingredients into a homogeneous mass, separate the coating portion and collect the cake.
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4. Red Velvet cake with raspberry cream
Just a couple of handfuls of raspberries - and your favorite cake will sparkle with new colors!
Ingredients
For cakes: 250 g flour, 1.5 cups of kefir, 120 g butter, 300 g sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tsp. baking powder, a pinch of salt, 1 tbsp. cocoa, 0.5 tsp. vanillin, 10 g of dye, 1 tsp. soda, 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar.
For the cream: 400 g of curd cheese, 300 g of heavy cream, 115 g of butter, 100 g of powdered sugar, 2 handfuls of raspberries.
Preparation:
1. Mix dry ingredients and sift them all together.
2. Beat butter and sugar until smooth and add to flour.
3. Mix kefir with apple cider vinegar and leave for 10 minutes, and then add to the dough too.
3. Beat eggs with dye and add again to the mixture, stir and let stand.
4. Divide the dough into several pieces and bake the cakes for half an hour at 180 degrees.
5. Cool and, if necessary, cut the cakes.
6. Mix cold curd cheese with melted butter.
7. Add powdered sugar and blended raspberries to the cream.
8. Assemble the cake, coat it with cream and garnish with chocolate chips, coconut or fresh berries.
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5. Red Velvet cake with mascarpone and Philadelphia
The peculiarity of this cake recipe is the subtle aftertaste of a cream that combines different cheeses!
Ingredients
For cakes: 110 g butter, 340 g flour, 380 g sugar, 240 ml vegetable oil, 5 eggs, 240 ml kefir, 1 tsp. vanilla extract, 3 tbsp. dry dye, 1 tsp. vinegar, 1 tsp. soda, 2 tbsp. cocoa, a pinch of salt.
For the cream: 450 g philadelphia, 220 g mascarpone, 110 g butter, 320 g icing sugar, 2 tbsp. milk, 2 tsp. vanilla extract.
Preparation:
1. Mix the butter and sugar and, while stirring, slowly pour in the vegetable oil.
2. Add yolks and vanilla extract, followed by kefir with diluted dye and slaked soda.
3. Sift flour, combine dry ingredients and gently combine both mixtures.
4. Beat the egg whites with a fork until frothy and stir into the dough.
5. Divide the mixture into 3 parts and bake the cakes at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes.
6. Let the cakes cool and cut off any excess.
7. Whip the cream from all the ingredients until smooth and spread over the cake so that the thickness of the cream layer is at least 1 cm.
8. Spread the remaining cream over the top of the cake. Ready!