Grammy's Kitchen · Red Velvet Cake · Red Velvet Cake
One of 22 red velvet cake recipes we measured
8 cooks on littlesunnykitchen.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 22.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 149% | 113% |
| total sugar | 433% | 292% |
| egg | 33% | 37% |
| leavener | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 2% | 2% |
| liquid | 86% | 92% |
| dairy | 199% | 194% |
| chocolate | 4% | 5% |
| acid | 2% | 2% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 300 g | 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour (plus extra for dusting pans) |
| 11 g | 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup unsalted butter (1 stick, softened) |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs (at room temperature) |
| 227 g | 1 cup buttermilk (8 ounces) |
| 164 g | 3/4 cup vegetable oil |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon white vinegar |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract |
| 1 1/2 teaspoons red gel food coloring | |
| 170 g | 3/4 cup unsalted butter (1 and 1/2 sticks, softened) |
| 340 g | 12 ounces cream cheese (1 and 1/2 blocks, softened) |
| 1000 g | 5 cups powdered sugar |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract |
| 30 g | 2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream ((double cream in the UK)) |
Method: 18 steps, published by littlesunnykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“My sister loves red velvet cake— it is by far her favourite dessert. For her birthday this year, I decided to make her one myself using this recipe, and she adored it! She said it was the best red velvet cake she’s ever had (and she’s had a lot). It’s the perf” — a cook, 5.0★
“I just made this recipe and put the pans in the oven. I’m so confused though, because I followed the ingredients to a T, even using my scale to use grams for dry ingredients and buttermilk, however, I was only able to fill TWO 9-inch round pans to almost halfw” — a cook, 4.0★