Homemade Red Velvet Cake Recipe with Claire Saffitz | Dessert Person

Homemade Red Velvet Cake Recipe with Claire Saffitz | Dessert Person
In this episode, Claire Saffitz demonstrates how to make a delicious Red Velvet Cake with a natural twist. Red-ish Velvet Cake. Follow along to discover the secrets to achieving the signature taste and texture of red velvet cake without relying on artificial additives. Claire will guide you through her step-by-step recipe, showing you how to craft the perfect layer cake and demonstrating the preparation and application of ermine frosting. Don't forget to like and subscribe for more exciting episodes coming soon!

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Red Velvet Cake
Serves 10

NATURAL RED FOOD DYE – yield 2 cups (start with 4, reduce by half)
½ small or medium red cabbage, very thinly sliced
1½ tablespoons red wine vinegar

BATTER
Room-temperature butter, for greasing the pans
½ cup annatto seeds
1 cup neutral oil, such as avocado or vegetable
¾ cup sour cream (160g)
⅔ cup natural red food dye
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
4 large eggs, beaten until streak-free, at room temperature
2¼ cups cake flour
1¾ cups granulated sugar
⅓ cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder, sifted if lumpy
1½ teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoons Diamond Crystal kosher salt or ¾ teaspoon Morton kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda

CREAM CHEESE ERMINE FROSTING
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour (1.5 oz / 42g)
½ teaspoon Diamond Crystal kosher salt or ¼ teaspoon Morton kosher salt
1 cup whole milk (8.5 oz / 240g)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1½ sticks unsalted butter (6 oz / 170g), cut into 1-tablespoon pieces, at room temperature
6 ounces (170g) cream cheese, cut into 1-tablespoon pieces, at room temperature
¾ cup sugar (5.3 oz / 150g)

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
02:04 Ingredients & Special Equipment
03:06 Prepare the Pans and Food Coloring
11:49 Combine the Wet and Dry Ingredients
13:11 How To Make Layer Cake
15:35 How To Make Ermine Frosting
21:32 Assemble
24:23 How To Apply Crumb Coat
25:33 Finish Frosting the Cake
27:35 Eat
29:11 Cat cam

Thanks for watching!

Video Series:
Producer/Director: Vincent Cross
Camera Operator: Calvin Robertson
Editor: Hal McFall

Animation Credits:
Character Designer/Animator/Backgrounds: Jack Sherry
Character Rigger: Johara Dutton

[prim]

STOP THAT NEW INTRO ANIMATION IS SO CUTEE

[harutran]

I absolutely love how Claire breaks down each step. For example, when she was explaining to us about pH levels she also showed variations like how it reacts when baking soda is added or when she was scientifically telling us how reverse creaming works rather than just showing it.

She's honestly one of the best! Whenever she makes mistakes she doesn't hide it either, I admire her passion so much

[MaureenDrees]

This cake looks absolutely delcious. As a retired chemistry teacher, I also enjoy so much Claire’s explanation of the acid-base reactions while making the red velvet cake. My only quibble is that chemicals are certainly contained in every ingredient because, like everything else in the universe, they are made of elements. Cabbage juice and annatto seeds simply happen to be made chemicals made by nature, while red food coloring contains chemicals made by people.

[Hirukaki]

The kitty sneezing fit at the start I'm dying...

[gg]

To Claire's friends: Please buy her a large glass bowl. Fascinating recipe! and yay for natural food coloring.

[dianeewoldt]

My Southern grandma made her red velvet cake with red beets- the batter recipe is similar to a zucchini bread but the beets are baked and then shredded. I also make her recipe using King Arthur burgundy cocoa powder and a tablespoon of white vinegar. The unbaked batter is bright fuchsia and fades to a softer red once baked. I will try your recipe too- Happy Baking!

[brentonwalters]

My mom used to be the cake person in our small town, so she was always baking cakes for people, and I grew up eating the thin pieces she would trim off to level her layers. Such a wonderful memory. Thanks, Claire!

[lizardsever]

I really appreciate how Claire leaves her mistakes in! It's very humanizing (I can forget the vanilla too!)

[samwarren]

My grandma always made ermine frosting with her red velvet cake! i've never seen anyone else make itt, it's so so good and nostalgic to me

[Chris-ngdu]

i love watching claire’s videos, she’s my comfort watch and i love how she takes the time to explain everything about her recipes

[eyeonit]

Ermine frosting is the best icing ever. So luscious and smooth without being overly sweet. As a child of the 50's, Red Velvet Cake was THE family cake and quite the rage at the time. For colouring we used Cochineal and I still have half a bottle left over from my mums pantry.

[muka]

Oh my daughter and I love watching Claire and thanks for the mini science lesson for our homeschool day! We made blueberry lemonade to learn about anthocyanins!
Also - We love how real life you are. Cat sneezes, rack not level, cabbage smell, reddish? Instead of cutting these bits it is so endearing!

[MobMentality]

Idk why your videos disappeared from my YouTube feed, but I’m so glad to be seeing your videos again!

[faye]

love this. you should do a recipe developing series! it would be interesting to see how you troubleshoot through trial and error to make the ideal recipe, and it can be a bts compilation for a new book of recipes

[ks]

I love that you let us know when you do things “wrong!” And then they still work out great!

[RixihStyx]

All the cat sneezing going on at the start had me dying 😂

[juliabishop]

Do I like red velvet? No, not really. Do I like Claire and watching her videos? Yes indeed 👍
Also the intro looks beautiful 😍

[floraluxla]

This has the energy of a Claire Remakes but is classic Dessert Person at the same time. You're iconic.

[noob]

Fun fact: Turmeric will also turn red at basic pH. Discovered this while making soap. Another fun fact: turmeric fluoresces a nice bright green under a blacklight.

[malloryyyish]

I made this last night and it was the lightest and also most moist and delicious chocolate cake I've ever had!!!! And I made I don't do a lot of baking, but this recipe was so easy. I skipped the food coloring part so I just had chocolate cake but it was perfect. Thank you for this easy and delish recipe