Red Velvet Cake is a cake with either dark red, bright red or red-brown color. Red Velvet Cake is traditionally prepared as a layer cake topped with cream cheese or icing. Common ingredients include buttermilk, butter, cocoa, and flour for the cake, beetroot or red food coloring for the color. In recent years, red velvet cake and red velvet cupcakes have become increasingly popular in the US, many European countries and now all over the world.
Recently (2-3 months before) I bought the red velvet cake mix from a store and made eggless cake for my kids. My kids loved it so much, and demanded to make it again, so I decided to make it at home to avoid store bought unhealthy mixtures. After researching so many recipes, I made eggless red velvet cake at home, and you cant believe, its so easy, no fail, super moist, eggless and yes very tasty. Now I am very used to making this vibrant colorful red velvet cake whenever kids demand for cake.
Ingredients:
For Red Velvet Cake
- 2½ cups All-Purpose flour/Cake Flour
- 2 cups Powder Sugar
- 3 tbsp Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tbsp Flax Seeds Powder
- 1 ½ cups Butter Milk
- ½ cup Vegetable Oil
- 2 tbsp Melted Butter
- 3 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 tbsp White Vinegar
- ½ tsp Powdered Red Food Color or 1 tbsp Liquid Red Color
- Oil + flour for Greasing and Dusting
For Cream Frosting
- 250g full-fat Cream Cheese
- ¼ cup Unsalted Melted Butter
- 2 cups Powder Sugar
- 2 tbsp Cream or Milk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Other Ingredients
- ¼ cup Pomegranate and some Raspberry for Garnishing
Method:
For Red Velvet Cake
1. Preheat the oven on 350°F/180°C
2. Sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, salt, and sugar into the mixing bowl.
3. Add flaxseed powder, oil, melted butter, and mix it well, now, add little by little buttermilk into the mixture, mix it well and make a smooth batter without lumps.
4. Add vanilla extract, red food color, vinegar and mix it well for 3-4 minutes.
5. Now take 2 baking trays (used 6 inch baking trays) and grease it with oil and dust it with flour.
6. Pour equal quantity of the batter in both greased tray and bake it for 30-32 minutes or till done.
7. While baking after 30-32 minutes check the cake by inserting the toothpick, if toothpick comes out clean means your cake is properly baked, if not then bake it again for 4-5 minutes and check it.
8. Once done let it be cool down for 3-4 minutes, then remove it on the cooling rack and allow it cool down completely.
For Cream Cheese Frosting
1. In another mixing bowl, add cream cheese (soften in room temperatures), melted butter and mix it well for 3-4 minutes till foamy and soft.
2. Add powder sugar, vanilla extract, milk or cream and mix it well, stir it for 3-4 minutes, make soft and foamy frosting.
Assembling, Frosting and Garnishing
1. Remove the thin slice top of the both cake using sharp knife and make flat surface.
2. Now take one cake, evenly spread the frosting over the cake surface and sprinkle some pomegranate.
3. Then place the second cake on it, again spread the frosting over the cake surface, sprinkle some pomegranate and Raspberries as per your choice.
4. Red Velvet cake with cream frosting is ready. Refrigerate it for 15-20 minutes for chilling, then serve it.
Tips:
- Adjust food color as per your choice because there are so many different brands available in market.
- Use full fat butter milk for best results.
- You can garnish it with dry fruits instead of fresh fruits.
- Use room temperature ingredients for easily mixing and it will make work easy.
- You can use beetroot juice for natural red color, just grate the beetroot, squeeze it and make juice.
Red Velvet Cake
Ingredients
Method
- Preheat an oven on 350°F/180°C.
- Sieve the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, salt and sugar into the mixing bowl.
- Add flax seeds powder, oil, melted butter and mix it well, now add little by little butter milk into the mixture, mix it well and make smooth batter without lumps.
- Add vanilla extract, red food color, vinegar and mix it well for 3-4 minutes.
- Now take 2 baking trays (used 6 inch baking trays) and grease it with oil and dust it with flour.
- Pour equal quantity of the batter in both greased tray and bake it for 30-32 minutes or till done.
- While baking after 30-32 minutes check the cake by inserting the toothpick, if toothpick comes out clean means your cake is properly baked, if not then bake it again for 4-5 minutes and check it.
- Once done let it be cool down for 3-4 minutes, then remove it on the cooling rack and allow it cool down completely.
- In another mixing bowl, add cream cheese (soften in room temperatures), melted butter and mix it well for 3-4 minutes till foamy and soft.
- Add powder sugar, vanilla extract, milk or cream and mix it well, stir it for 3-4 minutes, make soft and foamy frosting.
- Remove the thin slice top of the both cake using sharp knife and make flat surface.
- Now take one cake, evenly spread the frosting over the cake surface and sprinkle some pomegranate.
- Then place the second cake on it, again spread the frosting over the cake surface, sprinkle some pomegranate and Raspberries as per your choice.
- Red Velvet cake with cream frosting is ready. Refrigerate it for 15-20 minutes for chilling, then serve it.
Notes
- Adjust food color as per your choice because there are so many different brands available in market.
- Use full fat butter milk for best results.
- You can garnish it with dry fruits instead of fresh fruits.
- Use room temperature ingredients for easily mixing and it will make work easy.
- You can use beetroot juice for natural red color, just grate the beetroot, squeeze it and make juice.
Hey dear, Thank you so much for sharing such a kind of delightfully easy, simple, and mouthwateringly delicious red velvet cake recipe. 🙂 Have baked this cake many times since I first tried it a couple of weeks back and it’s been a tremendous success each time! Love from Recipes Rating.
Thank you so much Sylvia 🙂
Thanks Guys, Your Recipe Was Too Fantastic. Me and My Family Loved it. I Will Share your Rrecipe with my friends. Hope they will love it too.
Thank you so much 🙂
Can i make the Flaxseed Powder at home by just roast and grinding it? use a tbspn of it
yes you can! thank you 🙂
Hi .. I love this recipe,, can u please suggest me the brand for this red food colour
Its Mc cormick liquid food color!
What is an alternative for flax seeds?
you can use 1/2 ripe mashed banana instead of flax seeds powder!
Hi, looks lovely, would like to know how do you prepare the butter milk or its ready to use??
thanks…
You can make your own from yogurt/curd! or use ready made store bought one 🙂
Wow binjal red velvet cake couldn’t b better.. Looks divine
thanks Vidya!
You’ve done it so well! What’s the background you’ve used in the first picture?
thanks Dolphia for stopping here! its an old wooden window!
Looks so tempting..red velvet cake is one my fav cake..its perfect !!
thanks Jolly!
Such beautiful pics! In love with the cake….
thanks Indu!