The Best Red Velvet Cake Recipe

A light chocolate cake with lots of addictive cream cheese frosting and a crown of buttercream roses. This cake is moist but so light and fluffy, it really is the perfect match for all that delicious frosting! You can make this without any food coloring and it will be a light tan color, not quite red, but it will be eaten just as quickly!

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[shainazion]

I love that you are never afraid to show us mistakes. Some bakers always show only their best on camera, it makes those that can not match them feel unworthy.

[elsasarinana]

For the Cake:
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour (300g)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup unsalted butter room temperature (113g)
1 ½ cups granulated sugar (300g)
2 large eggs room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 cup buttermilk room temperature (240ml)
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1 to 2 tablespoons liquid red food coloring
For the Cream Cheese Frosting:
2 8-ounce blocks cream cheese room temperature (454g)
1 ½ cups unsalted butter room temperature (340g)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Pinch kosher salt
1 ½ pounds confectioners sugar sifted (5½ cups/675g)

[loisoghonyon]

My mom said he talks alot 😂😂 but when i prepared the recipe and she tested it she said it was worth it

[tinaknoell]

I made this yesterday for my daughter in law's birthday after reviewing multiple recipes for red velvet cake. Your's seemed most likely to be successful... It was! She loved it! Probably the most tender, delicate cake I've ever made. My husband, not a frosting fan, thought it was delicious and frosting was perfect. I did two 9-inch layers. Baking time in my oven was a little more than 20 minutes as a result. Even though layers weren't terribly domed, I trimmed the tops just a bit. I salvaged and crumbled up those discards for the decoration around the bottom edge of the frosted cake. I didn't bake a separate cupcake. All said, the cake turned out very impressive in looks and taste. 😊 Thank you! BTW, my daughter in law loves your channel too!

[Craigthomas]

I like that you're not afraid to show your mistakes in your videos. Thats how cooking truly is. No one is perfect in the kitchen 100% of the time. Great job with the cake!

[LA]

I made this for Christmas. My family loves red velvet cake and my mom says this was the best cake she ever had. Just the right amount of sweetness.
Thank you John! I had to deny myself a bigger piece lol

[r.i.pmosquito]

Hey! I made this cake today! And the texture and taste was heavenly!!
The cake itself was so moist and soft that my family members had it all even before covering it with frosting 🤦🏻‍♀️

[luannculhane]

This is a family favorite! We love it with the more traditional cooked flour frosting. There was a woman in my home town who was famous for her red velvet cake. My mother had her make 2 sheet cakes for after my wedding dance. When she went put out the cakes, only one was there....we never did find out who took (stole) the other red velvet...her cakes were that good! Thanks for the video, the cake is beautiful!

[vchaitanya]

I am from India. I prepared this cake yesterday on my son's birthday. It turned out so well. A BIG thanks to you. 😊😊😊😊😊

[ZZ_The_Boxing_Cat]

I cannot believe this video came out today!!! Tomorrow a dear sweet young lady is turning 20 years old and this is the PERFECT cake for her. I already got the decorations (little pink hearts with sparkly gold sprinkles).

[adedow]

I wondered when I saw the thumbnail, "didn't John already do this?!" Nope. That was me, making this cake last year and the year before for my husband's birthday. Can confirm: it's delicious!
I've also made the historic version complete with ermine frosting. It was good too, but tbh, everything needs more chocolate. So no, John. It wasn't too chocolatey at all!

[antisoextro]

Hey John, I just wanted to let you know that there might’ve been a slight mix up in your recipe with ingredients listed, you mentioned here that you used 150 grams of sugar and in the online recipe it says 300, for anyone reading this i believe 150 grams is the correct amount, anything more than that would make the creaming very difficult (i did this twice because of the mix up) so i would say please correct this information🙏

[ReeRee]

I remember getting notification when he posted this and thinking to myself, “Well, I’ll have to try this one!”
I did, and this is THE BEST cake I’ve ever made. It turned out better all the other red velvets I’ve made.

|•This man is the reason I am not as intimidated about baking as I used to be.•|
Thank you, John. Lots of love from India.

[sumanaislam]

Ingredients

Flour- 300g (2&1/2 cups)
Kosher salt- 6g (1 tsp)
Baking soda- 6g (1 tsp)
Butter- 113g (1/2 cup)
Sugar- 150g (1&1/2 cup)
Eggs - 2 pieces
Vanilla extract - 10ml (2 tsp)
Butter milk- 240 ml (1cup)
Vinegar - 15 ml (1 Tbsp)
Coco powder- 3 Tbsp
Colour- 1 tsp

[Gerilliart]

I made a 2 tier 9 inch cake. Used 1 cup less powdered sugar in the frosting though. The whole thing came out amazing. The tips you share and following the video step by step made it so simple and easy.

[malshaniloluwagodage]

I love the way you are presenting this and not being afraid to show the mistakes. You’re my favourite baker since I watched one of your videos and if I want a recipe I type “preppy kitchen …..” because I know your recipes always work ☺️

[michaelwisdom]

This was the best by far red velvet cake recipe I've ever made. Threw out my old recipe... this one was great

[sydkat_theFruitbat]

Just a heads up for anyone who uses the video as the recipe and not the one on his website: at around 1:23 he calls for 150g of sugar but it should really be 300g

[andina_said]

You're never afraid to show us mistakes. No one is perfect in the kitchen 100% of the time😁😁

[ammax]

I love red velvet also. Had never heard or it until I was in high school and a family friend would make it for special occasions. She always made it super red so for me that nostalgic deep red seems to make it taste better😀. I also like the oil based version, it's super moist.