Red velvet cake is a delicious and beautiful cake for any occasion. Impress your family and friends with this moist, easy cake with the best cream cheese frosting!
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❤️ Why You'll Want to Make It
- It is a delicious cake made easily with creamy frosting.
- It is a showstopper that never fails with moist texture, rich flavor, and vibrant color.
- This classic dessert has been a favorite for generations.
One of the first cakes I fell in love with when we came to the US. Red velvet cakes were not even a thing in Egypt back then, and now red velvet is so popular in the Middle East that they make red velvet Kunafa!
📝 Ingredients
Note: This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.
🥄 Instructions
Note: This is an overview of the instructions. The detailed instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Mix all your dry ingredients in a medium bowl.
- In a large bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment, add the eggs, oil, sour cream, buttermilk, and vanilla and beat until mixed well. Add in your red food coloring and mix until incorporated.
- Add dry ingredients into the wet ingredient bowl and mix until there are no lumps.
- Pour into your prepared pan and bake as directed below. Let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove it and cool completely on a cooling rack. Frost with cream cheese icing.
💡 Amira's Tips
- You can choose to use red food gel instead of dye, you will have to adjust the amount as the gel is more of a concentrated food coloring.
- The flavors of the red velvet cake come from the buttermilk, cocoa powder and the cream cheese frosting. The cocoa powder is what gives the cake its chocolate flavor.
- If your bundt cake comes out of the oven with a dome (when the bottom cooks up higher than the sides), you can leave it as it is and still ice your bundt cake and enjoy as usual. If the dome bothers you, you can simply remove it with a knife once the cake has cooled completely.
- If you do not have buttermilk you can use 1 cup sour cream mixed with ¼ cup milk.
🧺 Storage
- Store leftover cake slices in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 6 days.
🍽️ Serve With
- I love to serve this sweet treat with a hearty meal like this Stuffed Pepper Casserole. It's comforting, filling, and full of flavor.
- These Air Fryer Frozen Asparagus pair well with a rich meal like this casserole. Plus, they only take minutes to make!
- If you are like me and love a good bread side to go along with your meals, give these Air Fryer Garlic Bread a try; they are so easy.
⌛ Make Ahead
- Bake the cake and let it cool completely. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap or cover with a cake dome and refrigerate.
- Make the cream cheese frosting and refrigerate in a separate airtight container.
- Frost the cake right before serving.
👩🍳 Variations
- You can add some chocolate chips to your bundt cake batter. This will give more of the chocolate flavor.
- Drizzle the cake with chocolate ganache or even dust with some powdered sugar if you want to skip the cream cheese frosting.
- You can also add sprinkles on top of the cream cheese frosting.
- You can also bake this cake in two 9 x 1 ½-in. round pans or 18-24 cupcakes. Adjust baking time accordingly.
📣 Related Recipes
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- Take a slice of sunny goodness with every bite of this moist and flavorful orange loaf cake. This easy-to-make dessert is perfect for a simple dessert or a sweet breakfast.
- Best fluffy marshmallow frosting recipe, easy to make with a handful of ingredients. This is the perfect frosting for cakes and cupcakes.
More Cakes and Cupcakes
- Craving delicious moist cupcakes? Try these coffee cupcakes with a delicious mocha buttercream frosting, great for parties and get together.
- Poke cakes are extremely easy and so delicious and this raspberry poke cake is just the right treat for any gathering.
- This Turkish cake is decadent and delicious, combines the rich flavors of caramel, milk, and spongy cake. Great for holiday parties, potlucks, or for an unusual after-dinner treat.
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Red Velvet Bundt Cake
A tasty red velvet bundt cake with cream cheese frosting that is moist and vibrant. Ideal for your special occasions or for your next get-togethers!
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Servings: 12 Servings
Calories: 409kcal
Ingredients
- 2 ¾ Cups all purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 ½ cups sugar
- 4 eggs room temperature
- ½ cup oil
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 ¼ cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons red food dye
- Cream Cheese Frosting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Add all your dry ingredients into a medium size bowl, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda salt and sugar, and whisk together. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the eggs, oil, sour cream, buttermilk and vanilla and beat until mixed well.
- Add in your red food dye and mix until incorporated.
- Add dry ingredients into the wet ingredient bowl and mix until there are no lumps.
- Spray or butter a 10” bundt pan to prevent the cake from sticking.
- Pour the batter into the bundt pan.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Check with a knife or skewer to make sure it is cooked through. When you pull your knife out of the cake, if it is covered in batter, it needs some extra time.
- Immediately remove the cake from the oven and allow it to sit in the bundt pan for 5-10 mins.
- Gently remove the bundt cake from the pan and allow to cool completely.
- Once the bundt cake is completely cool, ice the red velvet bundt cake with the cream cheese frosting.
- Allow the icing to set for about 10-15 minutes and enjoy!
Notes
- You can choose to use red food gel instead of dye, you will have to adjust the amount as the gel is more of a concentrated food coloring.
- Bundt cakes are different from regular cakes. The bundt cake pan has fluted edges which gives the finished cake a more elegant look. The pans also have a hole in the middle which gives the bundt cake a donut shop. The hole also allows the cake to cook more evenly.
- All room temperature ingredients can be taken out of the fridge 30 minutes before recipe preparation.
- If your bundt cake comes out of the oven with a dome (when the bottom cooks up higher than the sides), you can leave it as it is and still ice your bundt cake and enjoy as usual. If the dome bothers you, you can simply remove it with a knife once the cake has cooled completely.
- For more tip, variations and how to store leftovers please refer to the post above.
- Please check the nutrition disclaimer policy.
Nutrition
Calories: 409kcal | Carbohydrates: 67g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 193mg | Potassium: 123mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 44g | Vitamin A: 151IU | Vitamin C: 0.04mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 2mg
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