Grammy's Kitchen · Red Velvet Cake · Red Velvet Cake
One of 22 red velvet cake recipes we measured
from handletheheat.com
It ranks #5 of 22 for crumb tenderness among the red velvet cake recipes we compared. 354 cooks on handletheheat.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 22.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 161% | 113% |
| total sugar | 323% | 292% |
| egg | 54% | 37% |
| leavener | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| liquid | 130% | 92% |
| dairy | 251% | 194% |
| chocolate | 8% | 5% |
| acid | 2% | 2% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 118 g | 1/2 cup of plain hot coffee or boiling water |
| 21 g | 1/4 cup (21 grams) unsweetened natural cocoa powder |
| 279 g | 2 1/4 cups (279 grams) all-purpose flour |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking powder |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon, (optional) |
| 400 g | 2 cups (400 grams) granulated sugar |
| 109 g | 1/2 cup (109 grams) fresh vegetable oil |
| 113 g | 1 stick (113 grams) unsalted butter, (melted) |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs, (at room temperature) |
| 50 g | 1 large egg yolk, (at room temperature) |
| 245 g | 1 cup buttermilk, (at room temperature) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 3 teaspoons red gel food coloring, (plus more if needed*) | |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar |
| 454 g | 16 ounces (454 grams) cream cheese, (at room temperature) |
| 227 g | 2 sticks (227 grams) unsalted butter, (at room temperature) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 500 g | 4 cups (500 grams) powdered sugar, (sifted) |
Method: 15 steps, published by handletheheat.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I agree! I came to the comments to see if anyone else found it to be not enough for 3 8” rounds. I still used 3 pans thinking maybe it would rise more. I would say it’s more for 2-8” rounds.” — a cook, 5.0★
“It ended up being the perfect height once stacked into 3 with layers of buttercream between! It’s definitely a recipe for the books! Thanks for sharing it with us :)” — a cook, 5.0★