Grammy's Kitchen · Red Velvet Cake · Red Velvet Cake
One of 22 red velvet cake recipes we measured
from preppykitchen.com
3,423 cooks on preppykitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 22.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 151% | 113% |
| total sugar | 325% | 292% |
| egg | 33% | 37% |
| leavener | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| liquid | 82% | 92% |
| dairy | 233% | 194% |
| chocolate | 4% | 5% |
| acid | 5% | 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.
| 300 g | 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour ((300g)) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 113 g | 1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature (113g)) |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar ((300g)) |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs (room temperature) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 11 g | 2 tablespoons cocoa powder |
| 245 g | 1 cup buttermilk (room temperature (240ml)) |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon white vinegar |
| 1 to 2 tablespoons liquid red food coloring | |
| 454 g | 2 8-ounce blocks cream cheese ( room temperature (454g)) |
| 340 g | 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter (room temperature (340g)) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| Pinch kosher salt | |
| 675 g | 1 1/2 pounds confectioners sugar (sifted (5 1/2 cups/675g)) |
Method: 13 steps, published by preppykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I made this cake for my mothers birthday and she is verryyy picky with her cakes but she loved this this one, really good and it has the perfect red velvet flavor” — a cook, 4.0★
“Guests said the cake was moist and delicious. Definitely saving this recipe!” — a cook, 5.0★