Grammy's Kitchen · Red Velvet Cake · Red Velvet Cake
One of 22 red velvet cake recipes we measured
It ranks #2 of 22 for crumb tenderness among the red velvet cake recipes we compared. 321 cooks on www.recipetineats.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 | 112% | 113% |
| total sugar | 195% | 292% |
| egg | 15% | 37% |
| leavener | 1% | 2% |
| salt | 0% | 2% |
| liquid | 61% | 92% |
| dairy | 161% | 194% |
| chocolate | 2% | 5% |
| acid | 1% | 2% |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 400 g | 2 2/3 cups (400 g) plain cake flour ((Note 1)) |
| 10 g | 2 tbsp (10 g) cocoa powder (, unsweetened) |
| 5 g | 1 tsp (5 g) baking soda / bi-carb soda (, NOT baking powder (Note 2)) |
| Pinch of salt | |
| 115 g | 1/2 cup (115 g) unsalted butter (, softened (1 US stick)) |
| 330 g | 1 1/2 cups (330 g) caster / superfine white sugar ((Note 3a)) |
| 60 g | 2 eggs (, at room temperature (around 2 oz / 60g each)) |
| 218 g | 1 cup (250ml) vegetable oil |
| 5 g | 1 tsp white vinegar |
| 9 g | 2 tsp vanilla extract ((or essence)) |
| 245 g | 1 cup (250 ml) buttermilk (, at room temperature (Note 4)) |
| 2 1/2 tbsp red food colouring liquid ((UK: use Gel, Note 7)) | |
| 400 g | 14 oz (400 g) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, block (, softened but not too soft (UK see Note 9)) |
| 115 g | 1/2 cup (115 g) unsalted butter (, softened (but not too soft)) |
| 6 g | 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract |
| 450 g | 4 cups (450 g) soft icing sugar / powdered sugar (sifted (Note 3b)) |
Method: 12 steps, published by www.recipetineats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I'm heartbroken 😭 I followed this recipe closer than I've followed any recipe in my life. I've never eaten Red Velvet cake let alone cooked it, so I wanted to do it justice. My butter and caster sugar wouldn't cream properly, to the point my rechargeable beate” — a cook, 3.0★
“My son requested Red Velvet Cake for his birthday. I tried another recipe and wasn’t happy with how the cake turned out. I then tried this recipe and the difference is amazing! This cake turned out so delicious and moist. I made one batch into cupcakes and the” — a cook, 5.0★