{"id":330,"date":"2025-09-13T17:39:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/?p=330"},"modified":"2025-09-13T17:39:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:39:44","slug":"red-velvet-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/13\/red-velvet-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Velvet Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Red Velvet Cake<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u25a22\u00bc\u00a0cups\u00a0(275\u00a0g)\u00a0flour\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0regular all purpose (see note 3 if you want to use cake flour)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a23\u00a0tbsp\u00a0(18\u00a0g)\u00a0cornflour\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0also known as cornstarch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a23\u00a0tbsp\u00a0(14\u00a0g)\u00a0cocoa powder\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0unsweetened<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a2\u00bd\u00a0tsp\u00a0baking soda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a21\u00a0tsp\u00a0baking powder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a2\u00bd\u00a0tsp\u00a0salt\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0omit if using salted butter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a26\u00a0tbsp\u00a0(86\u00a0g)\u00a0unsalted butter\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0room temperature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a2\u00be\u00a0cup\u00a0(141\u00a0g)\u00a0unflavoured vegetable oil\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0I use canola<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a21\u00be\u00a0cups\u00a0(344\u00a0g)\u00a0white granulated sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a23\u00a0large\u00a0eggs\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0room temperature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a21\u00a0tbsp\u00a0(12\u00a0g)\u00a0vanilla essence\/extract<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a21\u00bd\u00a0tsp\u00a0white vinegar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a23\u00bd\u00a0tbsp\u00a0(38\u00a0g)\u00a0red liquid food colouring<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u25a2\u00be\u00a0cup\u00a0(158\u00a0g)\u00a0buttermilk\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0room temperature<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cream Cheese Buttercream<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u25a21\u00a0batch\u00a0of my cream cheese buttercream frosting recipe\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0see note 4 if piping rosettes around the cake like I have<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Preheat oven to\u00a0160\u00a0\u00b0C\u00a0(320\u00b0F)<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>with the fan on (see note 7 if you don&#8217;t have a fan function) and grease and\/or line two 8 inch cake tins (I use my\u00a0homemade cake release).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In a bowl, sift together your flour, cornflour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Using a whisk or fork, mix until well combined. Set aside.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In another bowl, add in your butter, vegetable oil and sugar. Using an electric mixer (hand or stand mixer are both fine &#8211;\u00a0<em>see note 6<\/em>), cream together for 2-3 minutes until light and creamy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add in eggs one by one, mixing well in between each addition (about 10-15 seconds between eggs).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add in your vanilla, vinegar and red liquid food colour, and mix until well combined. Now set your mixer aside as the remainder of the batter will be finished by hand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finish off by adding in half of your premixed dry ingredients to your wet mixture, and gently fold it in with a spatula until just combined. Then add in all of your buttermilk, and fold it in until just combined. Lastly, add in the remaining dry ingredients and gently fold it into the mixture until just combined. Do not overmix<em>\u00a0(see note 1)<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Distribute the batter evenly into the two 8 inch cake tins, and bake for 30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Be careful not to open the oven door too early otherwise this can cause the cake layers to sink\u00a0<em>(see note 2)<\/em>. Also avoid overbaking the cake layers otherwise they will dry out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once baked, allow them to cool in the cake tins for about 15-20 minutes, and then turn them out onto a wire rack to completely cool before frosting with my\u00a0cream cheese buttercream frosting. For tips on how to frost your cake, check out the blog post above where I walk you through how I decorated mine with pictures, or watch my YouTube video below \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Note 1.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>By gently folding in the ingredients, it prevents too much gluten from forming, thus giving us a softer cake. Only mix until the strands of flour have disappeared and the batter is uniform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Note 2.<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;Opening the oven door too early and allowing cold air to rush into the oven can cause cakes to collapse if the structure hasn&#8217;t set yet. If your oven runs hot and you want to check your cake layers earlier than the stated cooking time, then allow at least 3\/4s of the cooking time to pass before checking the cake layers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Note 3.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em>You can use cake flour in replacement of the all purpose flour and cornstarch in this recipe (293g total required).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Note 4.<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp;If you&#8217;re doing a lot of additional piping like I did with my red velvet cake, then make 1.5x my&nbsp;cream cheese frosting&nbsp;recipe to ensure you have enough frosting. Otherwise, 1 batch will be enough.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Note 5.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>Once your cake is decorated, pop it into the fridge to allow everything to firm up. This will make it easier to cut. We don&#8217;t want cold cake though, so bring it out of the fridge about an hour or so before it&#8217;s going to be cut. If you cut into the cake and it&#8217;s cold, just let it come to room temperature for about half an hour before eating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Note 6.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>If using a stand mixer, then use the paddle attachment for the initial mixing, but continue to do the last step by hand as stated in the recipe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Note 7.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>In this recipe I use an oven with the fan function turned on. The fan forced function cooks cakes\/cupcakes faster, so if your oven doesn&#8217;t have a fan option, then you will need to increase the baking temperature to 175<strong>\u00b0<\/strong>C (347\u00b0F) so that the cake\/cupcake bakes at the same rate as mine \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cakesbymk.com\/wprm_print\/soft-red-velvet-cake\">https:\/\/cakesbymk.com\/wprm_print\/soft-red-velvet-cake<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cream Cheese Frosting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00bd\u00a0cup (1 stick)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sugarspunrun.com\/salted-or-unsalted-butter-substitutions\/\">unsalted butter<\/a>\u00a0softened (113g)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>8\u00a0oz\u00a0cream cheese\u00a0softened (brick-style, not spreadable) (226g)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\u00a0teaspoon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sugarspunrun.com\/make-your-own-vanilla-extract\/\">vanilla extract<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bc\u00a0teaspoon\u00a0salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4\u00a0cups\u00a0powdered sugar*\u00a0(500g)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Combine butter and cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer (or you may use an electric mixer) and beat until creamy, well-combined, and lump-free.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add vanilla extract and salt and stir well to combine.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With mixer on low, gradually add powdered sugar until completely combined.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use to frost completely cooled cake or cupcakes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sugarspunrun.com\/wprm_print\/cream-cheese-frosting\">https:\/\/sugarspunrun.com\/wprm_print\/cream-cheese-frosting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients&nbsp; Red Velvet Cake Cream Cheese Buttercream Instructions Notes Note 1.&nbsp;By gently folding in the ingredients, it prevents too much gluten from forming, thus giving us a softer cake. Only mix until the strands of flour have disappeared and the batter is uniform.&nbsp; Note 2.&nbsp;Opening the oven door too early and allowing cold air to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/13\/red-velvet-cake\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Red Velvet Cake&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-desserts","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontheshorterside.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}