Easy Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting. This recipe produces the best red velvet cake with superior buttery, vanilla, and cocoa flavors, as well as a delicious tang from buttermilk. My trick is to whip the egg whites, which guarantees a smooth velvet crumb. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl to ensure even.
Ingredients of Easy Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Prepare 150 g of Redman Super Sponge Cake Mix.
- It's 1 tbspn of cocoa powder.
- It's 3 of large eggs.
- You need 30 g of buttermilk.
- It's 30 g of butter, melted.
- Prepare of Red food coloring.
- It's of Cream Cheese Frosting.
- It's 1 block of Philadelphia cream cheese (250g).
- You need 6 tbspn of castor sugar (i used fine table sugar).
- You need 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence.
- Prepare 4 of tbpn whipped cream.
I didn't have buttermilk so I subbed it out with natural yogurt and normal. And cream cheese frosting is always required when red velvet is involved. I've heard people say that red velvet cake is just chocolate cake with red food So moist, so much flavor and easy to make. And with the cream cheese icing - perfect!
Easy Red Velvet with Cream Cheese Frosting step by step
- Put in the cake mix, cocoa powder, eggs and buttermilk into mixer bowl. Whisk using medium speed for 3 minutes. Then high speed for 8-10 minutes..
- Fold in melted butter. Followed by red coloring. I used Wilton's gel..
- Scoop into cups. Bake for 10-15 minutes at 150 deg cel, depending on oven. Or till toothpick comes out clean. Once done, cool completely on cooling rack..
- Whisk cream cheese, sugar and vanilla on medium speed for 1 minute. Then high speed till sugar dissolved..
- Stir in whipped cream, flattening any air holes in the cream cheese..
- Pipe out on cooled cupcakes. I used Wilton's 2D tip..
Red velvet certainly does vary a lot. This cream cheese frosting recipe is also stiff enough to pipe a beautiful border around the top of the cake, which is exactly what I did for this cake! This cake decoration screams red velvet! It's also super easy to make, and gives the cake such a classic look. Tips for Making Tender, Moist Cakes The cream cheese frosting tasted good but it did not make up for the poor flavor of the cake.