Moist Red Velvet Cake and Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

This red velvet cake is super moist and it has such a light and fluffy homemade cream cheese frosting.  I absolutely love making this cake every holiday.  Definitely a crowd pleaser in my book. This cake was super moist, and I was in love with the fluffy light cream cheese frosting.  After making this recipe over and over, I have adjusted some of the ingredients to suit my family’s taste.  I decreased the oil to only one cup, which still allows for a moist cake.  I also increased the cocoa powder to get more of a chocolate flavor.  When it comes to the frosting I decided to cut down on how much of the sugar I used in the cream cheese frosting.  I use 3 cups of the shifted 4 cups of powdered sugar for the frosting.  

This gives me a lightly sweetened frosting that’s not too sweet and allows the cream cheese flavor to permeate through.  When I make it for folks, this cake disappears quick.  My new catering clients not just ate a sample during our tasting but took to go slices home because they loved it so much.  (I even saw them eating the cake while they were walking to their car).  It’s that good….

Dear Mr. CakeMan Raven if you ever read this, I want to say thank you so much for sharing such a delicious cake recipe that is so easy to make, and adjust for whatever needs one may have.  I don’t even need my mom’s “secret box cake recipe” after finding you. 🙂

Moist Red Velvet Cake and Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

A truly moist red velvet cake with a light fluffy whipped cream cheese icing.

 Course Dessert

 Cuisine Southern

 Prep Time 30 minutes

 Cook Time 30 minutes

 Total Time 1 hour

 Servings 8

Ingredients

Cake Ingredients:

(Make sure ingredients are at room temperature before you start the cooking process.)

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon fine salt

2 tablespoons dutch pressed cocoa powder

1 cup vegetable oil

1 cup buttermilk

2 large eggs

2 tablespoons red food coloring

1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Frosting Ingredients:

1 pound cream cheese , softened

2 sticks unsalted butter (1 cup), softened

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar

Instructions

Cake Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Spray three 9 inch cake pans with baking spray. Set aside.

In a large bowl, shift together the dry ingredients for the cake. (I usually use my blender mixing bowl for this part to decrease how many dishes I use.)

In another large bowl use a whisk to mix all of the cake's wet ingredients together. These ingredients include the vegetable oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegar, and vanilla extract.

In a standing mixer, combine both the dry and wet ingredients for the cake. Mix the batter just until the mixture is blended. Scrap sides of bowl with flat spatula to incorporate all ingredients into the batter.

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