Red Velvet Classic Cake at home

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a classic Red Velvet cake at home? Prepare the products. First for making cakes. Initially, buttermilk is used in the recipe, but in the absence of it, it is successfully replaced with kefir. Take it out of the refrigerator in advance so that it warms up. Take large eggs. Be sure to wash them and dry them.

2. Step 2:

   

   Sift flour and cocoa into a large bowl. Add sugar, soda and salt. Cocoa is added to enhance the color of the cakes. If you like a more chocolate flavor, add more of it, but then the color of the cakes will be darker. You can add more vanilla. Keep in mind that you may take more or less flour than me. Be guided by the consistency of the dough.

3. Step 3:

   

   Mix the dry ingredients.

4. Step 4:

   

   In another bowl, break the eggs. Pour in kefir and vegetable oil. Leave a little kefir. Pour gel dye into it and mix. The amount of dye can also adjust the color of the cakes. The more of it, the richer the color. Keep in mind that after baking, the color will fade. Pour the colored kefir into a bowl. Add vinegar and vanilla extract if using it.

5. Step 5:

   

   Mix the liquid ingredients with a whisk.

6. Step 6:

   

   Pour the liquid ingredients into the dry ones. Mix them with a whisk or mixer. A homogeneous mass should be obtained.

7. Step 7:

   

   Prepare the baking pans. The cake can be baked in separate cakes, then 3 forms will be needed. I baked in a ring, its diameter is 20 cm. The bottom is made of a double layer of foil. Pour the dough into molds — three or one, like mine. Pre-lubricate the molds with a small amount of vegetable oil.

8. Step 8:

   

   Bake the cake in the oven at 180 ° C, top-bottom mode. If one, then 50-60 minutes, if three, then one after the other and 30 minutes each. Determine readiness with a wooden stick — it should come out of the cake dry. Determine the exact time and temperature of baking according to your oven.

10. Step 9:

    

    Cool the finished cake. Cut it into three pieces. My cap on the biscuit rose a lot, I cut it off and used it for decoration.

11. Step 10:

    

    Prepare the products for the cream. Take Philadelphia-type cheese, cream or cottage cheese, without additives. The cheese should be warm. Remove the oil from the refrigerator in advance, it should become soft. I took the minimum amount of powder. You can increase it to your liking. You can add vanilla or vanilla extract to the cream, I did not add it.

12. Step 11:

    

    Put the cheese and butter in a bowl. Sift powdered sugar to them. This will get rid of her lumps.

13. Step 12:

    

    Beat the cream on a high speed mixer until a fluffy light mass.

14. Step 13:

    

    Smear the cakes with cream.

15. Step 14:

    

    Also coat the top and sides of the cake. Put the cake in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to stabilize the cream.

16. Step 15:

    

    Decorate the cake to your liking. I used berries and crumbs from cakes. Strawberries and pomegranates look beautiful. You can just sprinkle the top with crumbs.