Velvet cake recipes
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259 · 55 minutes · The BEST Red Velvet Cake recipe ever! Ultra moist, buttery, tender and soft cake with the most perfect red velvet flavor. Topped with easy cream cheese frosting. This cake is perfect for Valentine's Day or for any red velvet lover in your life!
18 ingredients
Refrigerated
- • 1 Egg yolk, large
- • 2 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
- • 2 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
- • 1/2 tsp Baking powder
- • 1 tsp Baking soda
- • 1/4 tsp Cinnamon, ground
- • 1/4 cup Cocoa powder, unsweetened natural
- • 3 tsp Gel food coloring, red
- • 2 cups Granulated sugar
- • 4 cups Powdered sugar
- • 1 tsp Sea salt, fine
- • 4 tsp Vanilla
Oils & Vinegars
- • 1 tsp Distilled white vinegar
- • 1/2 cup Vegetable oil, fresh
Dairy
- • 3 stick Butter, unsalted
- • 1 cup Buttermilk
- • 16 oz Cream cheese
Liquids
- • 1/2 cup Coffee or boiling water, plain hot

Tryphenia McRae Alivandi saved to Cakes
This recipe for classic red velvet cake is made completely from scratch and features a tangy cream cheese frosting.

Teresa Gordon saved to Cakes
This moist vanilla velvet layer cake has a fine crumb and wonderfully creamy, velvety texture! So delicious!
524 · 40 minutes · how to make an authentic red velvet layer cake with cream cheese frosting. If you've been wondering how to make a REAL red velvet cake, you need to try this recipe!
14 ingredients
Refrigerated
- • 2 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
- • 14 oz All-purpose flour
- • 1 tsp Baking soda
- • 2 tbsp Cocoa powder
- • 1 tbsp Food coloring, red
- • 14 oz Granulated sugar
- • 26 oz Powdered sugar
- • 1 1/4 tsp Salt
- • 1 1/2 tsp Vanilla
Oils & Vinegars
- • 4 oz Vegetable oil
- • 1 tbsp White vinegar
Dairy
- • 14 oz Butter, unsalted
- • 8 oz Buttermilk
- • 12 oz Cream cheese

Cupcake Project saved to Cake recipes
This velvet cake collection was inspired by a great red velvet cake & includes lemon, orange, lime, chocolate and raspberry velvet versions of this recipe.
Twiggi Lindner saved to all cakes
The BEST Red Velvet Cake Recipe with Sweet Cream Cheese Frosting. Tips and tricks for making perfect red velvet cake. How to make homemade red velvet cake.

Tracy Beard saved to yummo
This chocolate velvet cake is so moist and has a wonderful velvety texture and fine crumb. It is the perfect scratch chocolate cake recipe!

Katherine Murray saved to recipes
20 · 45 minutes · Pink Velvet Cake is a soft vanilla cake with food coloring to give it the pink color and topped with vanilla buttercream.
20 · 45 minutes · Pink Velvet Cake is a soft vanilla cake with food coloring to give it the pink color and topped with vanilla buttercream.
13 ingredients
Refrigerated
- • 3 Eggs, large
Baking & Spices
- • 1/4 tsp Almond extract
- • 2 tsp Baking powder
- • 3 cups Cake flour
- • 7 cups Confectioners' sugar
- • 6 drops Food coloring, red
- • 1 1/2 cups Granulated sugar
- • 1/2 tsp Kosher salt
- • 1 pinch Kosher salt
- • 3 tsp Vanilla
Oils & Vinegars
- • 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
Dairy
- • 1 1/2 cup Butter, unsalted
- • 1 5/16 cup Whole milk

Nancy Au saved to Cake Bakin'
10 · 45 minutes · This silky red velvet cake recipe is tender, moist and perfectly chocolatey. Sandwiched together with cream cheese frosting, this classic red velvet cake is to die for.
14 ingredients
Refrigerated
- • 4 Eggs
Baking & Spices
- • 2 1/2 cups All purpose flour
- • 1 tsp Baking soda
- • 2 tbsp Cocoa powder
- • 2 1/2 tsp Food coloring, red
- • 1 1/2 cups Granulated sugar
- • 7 cups Powdered sugar
- • 1 1/2 tsp Salt
- • 2 tbsp Vanilla
Oils & Vinegars
- • 1/2 cup Vegetable oil
- • 1 tsp Vinegar
Dairy
- • 8 oz Butter
- • 1 1/3 cup Buttermilk
- • 8 oz Cream cheese