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The Real Red Velvet Cake

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265 min

The Real Red Velvet Cake

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Category

Cake Recipes

Time

265 min

Serving

16 persons

Calories

639

Rating

3.00★ (16)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
This red velvet cake without food coloring features chocolate cake tinted red from the acid in cocoa powder. Nowadays, most cocoa powders are alkalized, as in stripped of acid. Look for a non-alkalized one for this old-fashioned recipe. Completing the classic look is a coat of bright white ermine frosting, cooked the old-fashioned way.

Ingredients

  • cooking spray:
  • ½ cups all-purpose flour: 1 piece
  • ½ cups cake flour: 1 piece
  • cocoa powder: 0.5 cup
  • ½ teaspoons baking soda: 1 piece
  • kosher salt: 0.5 tsp
  • ½ cups buttermilk: 1 piece
  • vanilla extract: 2 tsp
  • ¾ cups brown sugar: 3 piece
  • ½ sticks unsalted butter: 1 piece (softened)
  • eggs, at room temperature: 3 piece
  • white sugar: 1 cup
  • whole milk: 1 cup
  • all-purpose flour, sifted: 0.5 cup
  • salt: 0.5 tsp
  • unsalted butter: 2 cups (softened)
  • ½ teaspoons vanilla extract: 1 piece

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  1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (163 degrees C). Line the bottoms of three 9-inch cake pans with parchment paper. Grease the sides with cooking spray.
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  2. Make cake: Sift together flours, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
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  3. Microwave buttermilk just until warm, about 30 seconds. Stir in vanilla. Set aside.
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  4. Beat together brown sugar and butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Blend in flour mixture and buttermilk in 3 additions until fully combined. Let the mixer run on low speed for 5 minutes, then divide batter evenly between the prepared cake pans.
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  5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cakes comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool cakes in the pans for 15 minutes, then invert onto wire racks to cool completely, at least 30 minutes. Cover cakes with plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator, 1 hour to overnight.
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  6. Meanwhile, make frosting: Combine sugar, milk, flour, and salt in a medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, whisking constantly, until mixture thickens and begins to simmer, about 10 minutes. Pour into a medium bowl and chill in the refrigerator for about 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
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  7. Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until smooth, about 5 minutes. Slowly add chilled milk-flour mixture, 1/4 cup at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down the sides of the bowl. Mix in vanilla.
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  8. Assemble cake: Level cake layers evenly using a serrated knife. Spread about 2/3 cup frosting onto a cake layer; repeat with second and third cake layers, stacking layers as you frost. Cover the outside of cake with a thin coat of frosting to catch any crumbs, then place in the refrigerator to chill for about 20 minutes.
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  9. Spread remaining frosting over cake. Cut and serve.
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