how to make the perfect red velvet cake?

Question

I need a recipe for making a perfect red velvet cake for my christma's party!!! Any ideas???

Answer 1

Red Velvet Cake
Original recipe yield:
2 9" inch pans

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons cocoa
4 tablespoons red food coloring
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup milk
1 cup white sugar
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
Grease two 9 inch round pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Cream shortening and 1 1/2 cups sugar WELL. Add eggs and beat well.
Make a paste of cocoa and red food coloring. Add to creamed mixture. Mix salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla and buttermilk together. Add alternately the flour with the milk mixture to the creamed mixture. Mix soda and vinegar and FOLD INTO CAKE BATTER. DON'T BEAT OR STIR NOW.
Bake for 30 minutes.
To Make Icing: Cook 5 Tablespoons flour and milk over low heat till thick, stirring constantly. LET COOL THOROUGHLY! While cooling, cream 1 cups sugar, butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat this well till light and fluffy. Add to flour mixture and beat until of a good spreading consistency. DON'T ICE CAKE TILL COOL.

Answer 2

If you make red velvet cake the old fashion way (like the way my grandmother would make it) you don't have to use food coloring. Before they used food coloring vinegar was added to the mix when it mix with a certain ingredient in the cake it would turn it red. Well people stopped using vinegar and just added the color. (Believe me it doesn't change the taste) You can also you beets for color.

Answer 3

Duncan Heins boxed cake mix makes a great red velvet cake

Answer 4

Red Velvet Cake

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 1/2 oz red food coloring
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon soda
1 tablespoons vinegar
PREPARATION:
Cream shortening; beat in sugar gradually. Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition. Make paste of cocoa and food coloring; add to creamed mixture. Add salt, flour and vanilla alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Sprinkle soda over vinegar; pour vinegar over batter

Answer 5

I love a red velvet cake. Tastes reallly good. We just got a Duncan hines one. But if you want to make it your self Here you go. GOOD LUCK! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 ounces red food coloring
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 cup milk
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup white sugar
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
DIRECTIONS
Grease two 9 inch round pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Make a paste of cocoa and food coloring. Set aside.
Combine the buttermilk, salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Set aside. In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the cocoa mixture. Beat in the buttermilk mixture alternately with the flour, mixing just until incorporated. Stir together baking soda and vinegar, then gently fold into the cake batter.
Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool completely before frosting. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
To Make Icing: In a saucepan, combine the milk and 5 tablespoons flour. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Set aside to cool completely. Cream together butter, 1 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla until light and fluffy, then stir in the cooled milk and flour mixture, beating until icing reaches spreading consistency.
(http://allrecipes.com/recipe/red-velvet-cake-i/detail.aspx)

Answer 6

You can use a yellow box cake mix and add red coloring with a cream cheese frosting. This is greaaaaaaaaaaatttt!!!

Answer 7

Make it from scratch! It makes a difference. Donovan's recipe will give you a wonderfully red cake, use his recipe.

Answer 8

buy the duncin hines red velvet cake mix... cant go wrong

Answer 9

The Duncan Hines mix is probably the best one on the Market, I use it all the time, ease, flavor and very moist. you can't go wrong, unless you have the time to do the scratch method, thats your best bet.
try it with a caramel frosting.

Answer 10

www.recipezaar.com and www.allrecipes.com have good recipes for red velvet cake.