Red Velvet Cake w/ Cream Cheese Buttercream

30m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Combine eggs, vegetable oil, buttermilk, vanilla, vinegar, and red food coloring in a medium bowl.
  2. 2Mix until well combined.
  3. 3Add both sugars and mix until incorporated.
  4. 4In a separate bowl, mix the rest of the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, salt, and espresso powder.
  5. 5Sift the dry ingredients on top of your wet batter and mix until well combined.
  6. 6Grease two 8-inch pans.
  7. 7Bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  8. 8Beat butter, shortening, and vanilla in a mixing bowl until white and fluffy.
  9. 9Add powdered sugar and water and beat until well combined.
  10. 10Add the leftover cream cheese icing and some more cream cheese flavoring.
  11. 11Beat until light and fluffy.
  12. 12Cut the dome off of one of the cake layers.
  13. 13Split both cakes in half to make four layers of cake and three layers of cream cheese buttercream.
  14. 14Apply a base layer of cream cheese buttercream around the cake.
  15. 15Crumble the leftover cake dome.
  16. 16Spread crumbs on the sides of the cake over some parchment paper.
  17. 17Add a border of cream cheese buttercream on top of the cake.
  18. 18Drizzle some dark chocolate ganache on top of the cake.

Ingredients

  • 2 large eggs
  • 0.75 cup vegetable oil
  • 1.5 cups buttermilk
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon gel red food coloring
  • 0.66 cup brown sugar
  • 0.66 cup granulated sugar
  • 2.5 cups all purpose flour
  • 0.25 cup Dutch processed cocoa powder
  • 1.25 teaspoon baking soda
  • 0.125 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tsp espresso powder
  • 12 oz. cream cheese
  • 0.5 cup vegetable shortening
  • 0.5 cup salted butter
  • 4.5 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon watkins 1868 cream cheese flavoring

Equipment

medium bowlwhisk8-inch pansovenmixing bowlstand mixerspatulacake standparchment paperpiping bag

Tips

  • The cream cheese buttercream is not as sticky as cream cheese icing.

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