Red Velvet Cake 

This is a simple red velvet cake recipe to make right at home! Perfect for any dessert or birthday party. Check it out!

Are you looking for other cake recipes? Try these:

• Layered Strawberry Shortcake
• Pumpkin Sheet Cake
• White Chocolate Raspberry Bundt Cake
• Layer Carrot Cake
• Chocolate Bundt Cake

As a beginner cake baker, I can only do easy cake recipes and this red velvet cake is perfect! This recipe is delicious and easy to accomplish that anyone can make it, I promise! Red velvet cake always seemed difficult to make and now that I have mastered this recipe I cannot wait to start making it for birthdays. It was so much easier than I thought it would be and it tastes even better than it looks! Follow along for step by step instructions below!

How to Make a Red Velvet Cake

1. First, add all of the wet ingredients, including red food coloring.
2. Add all of the dry ingredients.
3. Mix well and put into 3 round cake pans and bake at 350° for 30 minutes.
4. Frost when cooled with Cream Cheese Icing and top with chopped pecans.

Red Velvet Cake Recipe

Red Velvet Cake

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Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 2½ c. flour
• 1½ c. sugar
• 3 tsp. cocoa
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vinegar
• 2 c. oil
• 1 c. buttermilk
• Red food coloring
• 1 oz. water
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

1. First, add all of the wet ingredients, including red food coloring.
2. Add all of the dry ingredients.
3. Mix well and put into 3 round cake pans and bake at 350° for 30 minutes.
4. Frost when cooled with Cream Cheese Icing and top with chopped pecans.

Ingredients

• 2½ c. flour
• 1½ c. sugar
• 3 tsp. cocoa
• 1 tsp. soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp. vinegar
• 2 c. oil
• 1 c. buttermilk
• Red food coloring
• 1 oz. water
• 1 tsp. vanilla

Instructions

1. First, add all of the wet ingredients, including red food coloring.

2. Next, add all of the dry ingredients.

3. Mix well and put into 3 round cake pans.

4. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.

5. Start frosting when cooled with Cream Cheese Icing and top with chopped pecans.

6. Serve and enjoy!

I hope you love this delicious red velvet cake recipe as much as my family and I do! Anyone can bake a cake and make it seem like it is store bought! This is the perfect recipe to practice and get better at baking cakes!

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