# Red Velvet Cake w/ Cream Cheese Buttercream

This red velvet cake is made with cream cheese buttercream and is dark.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- medium bowl
- whisk
- 8-inch pans
- oven
- mixing bowl
- stand mixer
- spatula
- cake stand
- parchment paper
- piping bag

## Tips

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

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMQhBLDg/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/dbc63186-2763-4220-a5ee-63c11449653f
- Extracted: 2025-10-26

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