Grammy's Kitchen · Red Velvet Cake · Red Velvet Cake
One of 22 red velvet cake recipes we measured
from www.momontimeout.com
5 cooks on www.momontimeout.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 | 94% | 113% |
| total sugar | 389% | 292% |
| egg | 42% | 37% |
| leavener | 1% | 2% |
| salt | 1% | 2% |
| liquid | 68% | 92% |
| dairy | 194% | 194% |
| chocolate | 4% | 5% |
| acid | 3% | 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.
| 114 g | 1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)) |
| 400 g | 2 cups granulated sugar |
| 150 g | 3 large eggs (separated) |
| 54 g | 1/4 cup vegetable oil (or canola oil) |
| 16 g | 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 1 to 2 teaspoons red gel food coloring | |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 245 g | 1 cup buttermilk |
| 360 g | 3 cups all-purpose flour |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 10 g | 2 teaspoons white vinegar |
| 454 g | 16 ounces cream cheese (full fat, room temperature) |
| 170 g | 3/4 cup unsalted butter (room temperature) |
| 1000 g | 5 cups powdered sugar (plus additional if needed) |
| 2 g | 1/4 teaspoon salt |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (or vanilla bean paste) |
Method: 15 steps, published by www.momontimeout.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.