Recipe: Appetizing Red velvet cake

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Sift together the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt. Red Velvet Cake is not just a chocolate cake with red food colouring added. This cake is softer than most, "velvet-like", and the chocolate taste is actually quite mild. You can have Red velvet  cake using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Red velvet  cake

1. Prepare 2 1/2 cups of self-rising flour.
2. Prepare 1/2 cups of white sugar.
3. It's 1 cup of vegetable oil.
4. You need 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
5. Prepare 1 teaspoon of white vinegar.
6. Prepare 1 cup of buttermilk.
7. Prepare 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
8. It's 4 of eggs.
9. It's 2 tsp of red food coloring.

It's more like a cross between a vanilla and chocolate cake with a very subtle tang from buttermilk. And it is generously smothered in a fluffy cream cheese frosting. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Red velvet is a wonderful chocolate cake alternative, something a little different and is perfect for any celebration.

Red velvet  cake step by step

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease baking dish with cooking spray or butter.
2. In a large bowl, mix together sugar, oil, and eggs and set aside; In another bowl, add food coloring and vinegar into the buttermilk; Sift flour, add baking soda to the flour..
3. Gradually add flour mixture and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the sugar mixture. Mix well with a whisk or wooden spoon; if you have an electric mixer this will make your work easier and faster..
4. Stir 1 teaspoon vanilla into batter; Pour batter into prepared pans;.
5. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until done..
6. Remove from oven, and cool on out.

And unlike a lot of chocolate sponge recipes, which have a tendency to dry out quite quickly, I can safely say that this stays moist and still tastes fresh a few days later, making it a perfect cake to make in advance. Beat in the eggs, then add the cocoa powder and the food colour. Beat in the flour and buttermilk, alternately, one-third at a time. Don't wait to indulge in a slice of red velvet cake, a homey classic treat that calls to mind Mom's best baking. Try one of these, our most popular red velvet cake recipes.