Best Red Velvet Cake (Soft Moist Layer Cake)
The best, easy, soft and moist red velvet cake recipe, homemade from scratch with simple ingredients. This layer cake is paired with cream cheese frosting. Perfect balance of chocolate and vanilla flavors. Great for birthday parties and weddings.
Servings: 9 Slices
Calories: 1051kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup Butter Unsalted, Room temperature
- 2 cups Granulated sugar
- 4 Eggs Large, Room temperature
- 1 cup Sour cream Full fat
- ½ cup Milk Preferably whole but can use 2%
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
- 3-4 tablespoon Red food coloring
- 2½ cups All-purpose flour
- ½ cup Cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- ½ teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 3 cups Cream cheese frosting
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
- Add sour cream, milk, vanilla extract, food coloring and mix until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Dump this dry mixture into the wet mixture and mix until just combined.
- Pour this batter into two greased and floured round cake pans (Dimensions: 9x2).
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick in the center comes out clean.
- Allow the cakes to cool completely.
- While the cakes are baking and then cooling , prepare the cream cheese frosting.
- To assemble, trim the domes of the cakes (if any) with a sharp knife. Also trim the sides slightly.
- Place one cake on a serving dish.
- Spread frosting evenly on top with a spatula.
- Place second cake on top of the icing.
- Spread frosting evenly on top with a spatula.
- Crumble the cake trimmings and sprinkle them on top of the cake for decoration. Enjoy.
Notes
- Don't assemble a warm cake because the heat will cause the icing to melt.
- Other easy decorating ideas include sprinkles, fresh edible flowers, chopped nuts and candy bars, fresh berries.
- Do not over bake the cakes because that will make them very dry.
- Do not over mix the batter because that yields a very gummy texture. A few lumps in the batter are completely fine.
- Please line your pans with parchment paper or grease and flour. This will prevent them from sticking to the pan.
- Use room temperature ingredients because they blend together better and mroe smoothly and evenly.
- Read additional tips and variations above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a covered container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Calories: 1051kcal | Carbohydrates: 152g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 48g | Saturated Fat: 22g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 8g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 144mg | Sodium: 673mg | Potassium: 260mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 118g | Vitamin A: 917IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 85mg | Iron: 3mg