On a happy note my blog Plate to Palate has successfully completed one year ! I would like to thank all of my readers for your continuous love and support and because of you, I could complete this awesome one year of my blogging journey. I am sure you all will continue to support and motivate me throughout my journey, which will help me to give my best. On this special day as a token of love, I would like to blog Red velvet cake with sugar glaze frosting for all. Let’s see how to bake Red Velvet Cake with Sugar Glaze Frosting.
This Red Velvet Cake is super easy to make and its texture is super moist inside and slight crumbly outside. This cake needs regular basic ingredients for a cake, which is easily available in the pantry. Since it is red velvet cake it also needs red colour gel or liquid colour, little cocoa powder, cornstarch powder, buttermilk, and vinegar too. If vinegar is not available, you can swap with buttermilk. The presence of vinegar and buttermilk (acidic and alkaline mixture) makes cake super moist and delicious.
Why Cocoa powder is added in Red Velvet Cake?
To make authentic Red velvet cake adding Cocoa powder is must because, it imparts colour and as well the flavour. If you leave it out, you may miss the distinctive flavour of the red velvet cake.
Tips for Making Red Velvet Cake
Sift all- purpose flour, cornflour/cornstarch powder and cocoa powder at least twice without any lumps.
Use butter instead of oil. Butter gives moist texture and good flavour.
Do not add flour cocoa powder mixture all together into wet ingredients. Add I/3 at a time and gently fold the mixture.
Do not over mix the cake batter.
Add red colour gel or liquid according to the batter colour. Mix gel or liquid in buttermilk before adding it to the cake batter.
Finally, add vinegar to the baking soda and mix in the cake batter and gently fold the batter and transfer into cake mould or tins and bake in preheated oven.
How to Bake Red Velvet Cake?
Sift all-purpose flour, cornstarch/cornflour powder along with cocoa powder for two to three times and keep aside. In an electric blender or mixer grinder pulse sugar to fine powder as it helps to mix well with butter. In a wide bowl add room temperature butter and sugar and beat until it turns fluffy. Add red colour gel or liquid to the buttermilk and stir until it is evenly mixed. To the butter mixture add 1/3 flour and buttermilk little at a time and gently whip on low speed. Now add vanilla extract and gently mix for second. Finally, add vinegar to the Baking soda and when it starts to fizz add to the cake batter immediately and gently fold.
Preheat the oven and transfer the cake batter to any 7″round or square tin(I used silicon bundt mould)and bake it at 170 C for 45 to 50 minutes or inserted skewer comes out clean. Remove from the oven and let it cool on wire rack. When it is completely cooled drizzle sugar glaze and let it is set for few minutes. Now serve this cake as a dessert, breakfast or with evening cup of coffee.
Lets jump to the step by step preparation of Red Velvet Cake with Sugar Glaze frosting.
Preparation Time : 15 minutes
Baking Time : 45 to 50 minutes or inserted skewer comes out clean
Serves : 8
Pan Size : Silicon Bundt(small size)4 or 7″Round pan.
Ingredients
All-purpose flour – 11/2 cup
Sugar – 1 cup
Butter – 1/2 cup
Cocoa Powder – 11/2 tsp(unsweetened)
Cornstarch/Powder – 1 tbsp
Egg – 1
Vanilla Essence – 11/2 tsp
Buttermilk – 1/2 cup
Vinegar(distilled) – 11/2 tsp
Food Colour – 1 tbsp or more
Baking soda – 1 tsp
For Sugar Glaze
Icing sugar – 3/4 to 1 cup
Milk – 2 tbsp
Procedure
Measure all the ingredients and keep it aside.
Sift all-purpose flour,cornstarch/powder and cocoa powder together and keep aside.
In a wide bowl add room temperature butter and sugar(powdered granulated sugar) and beat until creamy and fluffy.
Mix red food colour gel or liquid in buttermilk and mix evenly.
Beat the dry ingredients(flour mixture)into the butter mixture about 1/3 at a time, alternating with about 1/3 of the red colour buttermilk mixture.
Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula and add vanilla essence and gently fold the cake batter.
In a small bowl dissolve the baking soda into the vinegar and quickly add it into the cake batter and gently fold until it is evenly mixed.
Spoon the red velvety cake batter into the prepared silicon bundt mould.
Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes or inserted skewer comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the mould for 5-10 minutes be removing from the mould. Add icing sugar with milk and mix without any lumps. Sugar is ready to drizzle on cake and let it set for few minutes.
For garnish, crumble the cake crumbs and sprinkle on sugar glaze to add beautiful gorgeous look. Moist velvety Red Velvet Cake with Sugar Glaze is ready to serve for breakfast or evening cup of coffee or as a dessert.
Hope you like the recipe! If so ,please try it out ,leave your comment and feedback which means a lot to me. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! Happy Baking????!
Other Cake Recipes You Might Like To Try
Basic Vanilla Cake/Easy Vanilla Cake
Eggless Butterless Chocolate Cake
Panforte/Italian Christmas Fruit and Nut Cake
No-Bake Blueberry Biscuit Mousse Cake
Eggless Whole Wheat Black Grape Cake
Notes
Sift flour,cocoa powder and cornflour powder for two to three times. It aerates flour mixture .
Use slightly thick fresh buttermilk and let it not be runny.
Mix food colour in the buttermilk and mix evenly.
Add flour mixture 1/3 at a time alternating with buttermilk mixture.
After mixing baking soda in the vinegar add to the cake batter immediately and gently fold for few seconds and immediately transfer to the mould or pan and bake.
You can frost the cake with butter cream, whipping cream, cream cheese etc.
Red Velvet Cake With Sugar Glaze Frosting
Equipment
- Electric Hand Beater
- OTG Oven
Ingredients
- 1½ cup All-purpose flour
- 1 cup SugarÂ
- ½ cup Butter
- 1½ tsp Cocoa Powder ( unsweetened)
- 1 tbsp Corn starch/Powder
- 1 Egg
- 1½ tsp Vanilla EssenceÂ
- ½ cup ButtermilkÂ
- 1½ tsp Vinegar (distilled)Â
- 1 tsp Food Colour (colour according to your preference)
- 1 Baking soda tsp
For Sugar Glaze
- ¾ to 1 cup Icing sugar
- 2 tbsp MilkÂ
Instructions
- Measure all the ingredients and keep it aside.
- Sift all-purpose flour, corn starch/powder and cocoa powder together and keep aside.
- In a wide bowl add room temperature butter and sugar(powdered granulated sugar) and beat until creamy and fluffy.
- Mix red food colour gel or liquid in buttermilk and mix evenly.
- Beat the dry ingredients(flour mixture)into the butter mixture about 1/3 at a time, alternating with about 1/3 of the red colour buttermilk mixture.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a spatula and add vanilla essence and gently fold the cake batter.
- In a small bowl dissolve the baking soda into the vinegar and quickly add it into the cake batter and gently fold until it is evenly mixed.
- Spoon the red velvety cake batter into the prepared silicon bundt mould.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes or inserted skewer comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the mould for 5-10 minutes be removing from the mould. Add icing sugar with milk and mix without any lumps. Sugar is ready to drizzle on cake and let it set for few minutes.
- For garnish, crumble the cake crumbs and sprinkle on sugar glaze to add beautiful gorgeous look. Moist velvety Red Velvet Cake with Sugar Glaze is ready to serve for breakfast or evening cup of coffee or as a dessert.
Notes
Nutrition
Wow. It looks delicious. I love red velvet cakes. So, I will try to make it. Your recipe will help me. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
Hi
Thank you for sharing. Can I add vinegar to my milk to get buttermilk or will I add it with the baking soda and fold into the batter.
Thank you for your response
Hello,
Yes, you can add vinegar (a drop or two ) to milk to get buttermilk. Adding vinegar to the baking soda is a must to follow for this recipe.
Red velvet cakes really looks moist and tasty i cant wait to try this at my home for myself
Thanks and glad you liked it!