Grammy's Kitchen · Red Velvet Cake · Red Velvet Cake
One of 22 red velvet cake recipes we measured
from natashaskitchen.com
228 cooks on natashaskitchen.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 22.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 94% | 113% |
| total sugar | 389% | 292% |
| egg | 42% | 37% |
| leavener | 1% | 2% |
| salt | 1% | 2% |
| liquid | 68% | 92% |
| dairy | 194% | 194% |
| chocolate | 4% | 5% |
| acid | 3% | 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 more to dust the pans) |
| 11 g | 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder |
| 5 g | 1 tsp baking soda |
| 3 g | 1/2 tsp salt |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature, plus more to grease pans) |
| 300 g | 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar |
| 9 g | 2 tsp vanilla extract |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs (room temp) |
| 164 g | 3/4 cup light olive oil or vegetable oil |
| 245 g | 1 cup low-fat buttermilk (room temp) |
| 5 g | 1 tsp white distilled vinegar |
| 1/2 tsp red gel food coloring | |
| 1 Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe |
Method: 7 steps, published by natashaskitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.