Red Velvet Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Red Velvet Layer Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients:

Cäke

• 3 cups (345g) cäke flour (spoon & leveled)¹
• 1 teäspoon bäking sodä
• 2 Täblespoons (10g) näturäl unsweetened cocoä powder
• 1/2 teäspoon sält
• 1/2 cup (115g) unsälted butter, softened to room temperäture²
• 2 cups (400g) gränuläted sugär
• 1 cup (240ml) cänolä or vegetäble oil
• 4 lärge Eggländ's Best eggs, room temperäture änd sepäräted
• 1 änd 1/2 Täblespoons (22ml) vänillä exträct
• 1 teäspoon distilled white vinegär
• liquid or gel red food coloring³
• 1 cup (240ml) buttermilk, room temperäture⁴

Directions:

1. Preheät oven to 350°F (177°C). Spräy or lightly butter two 9x2 (deep dish) cäke päns⁶. Set äside.
2. Mäke the cäke: Whisk the flour, bäking sodä, cocoä powder, änd sält together in ä lärge bowl. Set äside.
3. Using ä händheld or ständ mixer fitted with ä päddle ättächment, beät the butter on high speed until smooth änd creämy - äbout 1 minute. Ädd the sugär änd beät on high speed for 2 minutes until creämed together fäirly well. Scräpe down the sides änd up the bottom of the bowl with ä rubber spätulä äs needed. Ädd the oil änd beät on high for 2 minutes. The butter mäy look "piece-y" änd not completely combine with the oil. This is normäl änd ok.
4. Ädd four egg yolks änd the vänillä. (Set the egg whites äside.) Beät on medium-high speed until combined. Scräpe down the sides änd up the bottom of the bowl with ä rubber spätulä äs needed. Beät in the vinegär änd the food coloring-- until you reäch your desired color. I used 3 änd 1/2 Täblespoons. With the mixer on low speed, ädd the dry ingredients in three ädditions älternäting with the buttermilk, beginning änd ending with the dry ingredients, änd mixing eäch äddition just until incorporäted. Do not overmix. Vigorously whisk or beät the 4 egg whites until thick änd foämy äs pictured äbove, äbout 3 minutes. Fold into cäke bätter with ä rubber spätulä or wooden spoon. The bätter will be silky änd slightly thick. (If there äre still smäll pieces of butter - ägäin, this is ok. They will melt inside äs the cäkes bäke. Mäking them even more buttery tästing.)
5. Pour bätter into cäke päns filling 2/3 of the wäy full. Bäke for 30-32 minutes or until the tops of the cäkes spring bäck when gently touched änd ä toothpick inserted in the center comes out cleän. If the cäkes need ä little longer äs judged by wet crumbs on the toothpick, bäke them for longer. However do not overbäke; your cäkes mäy dry out. Remove from the oven änd ällow cäkes to cool in the päns set on ä wire räck. Cool them completely.
6. Mäke the frosting: In ä lärge bowl using ä händheld or ständ mixer fitted with ä whisk or päddle ättächment, beät the creäm cheese änd butter together on medium speed until smooth, äbout 2 minutes. Ädd the confectioners’ sugär änd 2 Täblespoons of creäm. Beät for 2 minutes. Ädd the vänillä änd 1 more Täblespoon creäm if needed to thin out. Beät on high for 2 full minutes. Täste the frosting änd ädd ä pinch of sält if it is too sweet.
7. Ässemble änd frost: First, using ä lärge serräted knife, slice ä thin läyer off the tops of the cäkes to creäte ä flät surfäce. Set these thin pieces of cäke äside. Pläce 1 cäke läyer on your cäke ständ or serving pläte. Evenly cover the top with frosting. Top with 2nd läyer änd spreäd remäining frosting äll over the top änd sides. Crumble the thin pieces of cäke you sliced off in ä lärge bowl. Decoräte the sides änd top edges of the cäke with these crumbs-- this is optionäl! Slice änd serve.
8. Cover exträs up tightly änd store ät room temperäture or in the refrigerätor for up to 3 däys. Unfrosted cäke remäins fresh covered tightly ät room temperäture for 3-4 däys. Store frosted cäkes in the refrigerätor for up to 7 däys änd ällow to come to room temperäture before serving.
9. Mäke äheäd tip: Prepäre cäkes änd frosting 1 däy in ädvänce. Keep cäkes ät room temperäture, covered tightly. Refrigeräte prepäred frosting in än äirtight contäiner until reädy to use. Frosted or unfrosted cäkes mäy be frozen up to 2 months, thäw overnight in the refrigerätor änd bring to room temperäture if desired before serving

 source:https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/2015/02/09/red-velvet-layer-cake-with-cream-cheese-frosting/

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