Red Velvet Cake or Cupcakes
Buttery three-layer Red Velvet Cake or Red Velvet Cupcakes, slathered with Cream Cheese Buttercream and drizzled with Chocolate Ganache. This recipe creates super fluffy and tender cake, with just the right amount of chocolate flavor and red color.
- Time: 95 min
- Servings: 8
Source: Of Batter and Dough
Ingredients
- cake flour
- baking soda
- salt
- natural unsweetened cocoa powder - not dutch process
- instant espresso powder
- full-fat buttermilk, at room temperature
- pure vanilla extract
- white distilled vinegar
- Red Velvet Emulsion
- ounces unsalted butter, at room temperature
- granulated sugar
- dark brown sugar
- vegetable or canola oil
- large eggs + 2 large egg yolks, at room temperature
- heavy whipping cream, cold
- recipe Perfect Cream Cheese Buttercream, at room temperature
- recipe Chocolate Ganache