Best Red Velvet Cake | Reader's Digest Canada

Best Red Velvet Cake | Reader's Digest Canada

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"It's just not Christmas at our house until this festive cake appears. This is different from other red velvet cake recipes I’ve had; the icing is as light as snow." —Kathryn Davison, Charlotte,...

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Cooking tools:

  • Stand mixer
  • Hand mixer
  • Cake pan
  • Cooling rack
  • Offset spatula
  • Cake dome
  • Oven
  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Whisk
  • Spatula
  • Saucepan
  • Toothpick
  • Plastic wrap
  • Plate

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter (softened)
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)
  • 2 bottles red food colouring (1 ounce each)
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2-1/4 cups cake flour
  • 2 tbsp baking cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup cold water
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 cups butter (softened)
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

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