Best Red Velvet Chocolate Cake Recipes

RED VELVET CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees. Generously butter two 9-by-2-inch round cake pans. Sprinkle with flour, and tap out the excess; set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk cake flour, salt, and cocoa; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the sugar and oil, and beat on medium speed until well combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add food coloring and vanilla, and beat until well combined. Add flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk, scraping the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.
• In a small bowl, mix baking soda and vinegar until combined. Add to batter, and beat for 10 seconds. Evenly divide batter between the prepared pans. Bake until a cake tester inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool in the pans for 5 minutes. Remove from the pans, and return to the rack to cool completely.
• Spread 1 1/2 cups of the frosting on one of the layers. Place the second layer on top; spread and swirl the remaining frosting around the sides and top of the cake.The cake can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 6 hours. Bring to room temperature before serving.

RED VELVET WHITE CHOCOLATE CAKE MIX COOKIES RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Combine cake mix, chocolate chips, oil, and eggs in a mixing bowl.
• Using an ice cream scoop or your hand, form golf ball-sized balls of cookie dough and transfer to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
• Bake at 350°F (180°C) for 10-12 minutes.
• Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE CHERRY CHIP RED VELVET CAKE

Steps:

• For the Cake:.
• 1. Mix dry ingredients in a Kitchen Aid mixer with a paddle attachment, except the cherries and chocolate.
• 2. Add cherry juice, eggs, veggie oil, vanilla, no-taste food coloring and mix until incorporated. Scrape bowl in between mixing.
• 3. Add chopped cherries and chocolate.
• 4. Bake at 350 F, until toothpick comes out clean and has a bouncy spring when pressed in the middle of the cake.
• For the Cream Cheese Frosting:.
• 1. Place sterilized kitchen aid bowl (just make sure it's super clean and dry) with whites unto a pan with water, barely simmering (a.ka. double boiler).
• 2. Heat to 160 F, constantly stirring. Be sure to watch it and keep stirring or else it'll turn into an omelette.
• 3. Whip on stand mixer or hand mixer until cool. Place in refrigerator or freezer if necessary, after reaching a medium peak. You could totally make this ahead of time and place it in the fridge or freezer and whip until ready.
• 4. Place back on whip and gradually add butter, one stick at a time. Make sure the meringue is cooled down or at least room temperature, prior to adding it to the mixture or else it will be a soupy mess. The mixture should separate at first (don't be alarmed and freak out). Be patient and keep mixing; it'll come back together. Add softened cream cheese and cream cheese extract. Mix until smooth and well incorporated.
• For the Cake Assembly:.
• 1. Add 1 tbsp of sugar and a pinch of salt to your chopped cherries in a small bowl, mix and set aside.
• 2. With the first layer of cake, top with a light drizzle of the juice from the cherries unto the cake.
• 3. Top with a layer of cream cheese frosting, making a small well in the center with your spatula or create a barrier/dam with a piping filled with frosting. Fill with a modest amount of chopped cherries.
• 4. Apply your next layer of cake and alternate with chocolate and cherries, until you get to your desired cake height.
• 5. Complete the cake by frosting it completely around the top and sides. You can also do a "naked cake" with this!
• 6. Store in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Allow the cake to get to room temperature before serving. Enjoy!

SEVEN-MINUTE FROSTING FOR RED VELVET CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• In a small heavy saucepan, combine 1 cup sugar, corn syrup, and 1/3 cup water. Place over medium heat, and cook, stirring occasionally, washing down sides of pan with a wet pastry brush from time to time to prevent crystals from forming. Clip on a candy thermometer and stop stirring; increase the heat to high until temperature registers 235 degrees, about 7 minutes.
• Whisk the egg whites in an electric mixer on medium speed, until soft peaks form, about 2 1/2 minutes. Gradually add remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Remove syrup from heat, and pour in a steady stream down the side of the bowl containing the egg-white mixture, with mixer on medium-low speed. Increase speed to medium, and beat until cool, about 9 minutes. Add vanilla, and beat for 2 minutes more. Use immediately to frost cake.

GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE RED VELVET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
• To make the cake: In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt and stir to blend. Set aside.
• In another bowl, beat eggs and oil. Add Coca-Cola, coffee, food coloring and vanilla and mix to combine. Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Divide equally into pans. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool 10 minutes and remove from pans and cool completely on a rack.
• To make the ganache: Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl. In a saucepan, heat cream and butter just to boiling. Pour over chocolate and allow it to stand for 2 minutes. Add cognac and whisk until smooth. Set aside to cool.
• To make the frosting: With an electric mixer, cream butter and cream cheese. On low speed, gradually add sugar. Scrape down beater and sides of bowl and stir to incorporate. Increase speed and beat well to combine. Add salt, ganache and vanilla and beat until incorporated.
• Assembly: Place one cake layer on a serving plate. Top with frosting. Add second layer and frost top and sides of cake.

RED VELVET OREO TRUFFLE CHOCOLATE CAKE! RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease sides and bottom of pans. Blend together cake mix, oil, water, eggs, sour cream, and pudding mix. Beat at low speed (for 30 seconds). Bake for 30-35 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean). Baking time may vary based on size of pan. Crush Oreo cookies (best with food processor) and stir in cream cheese until fully blended. This will be a very thick "filling". After cake has cooled, spread Oreo filling between layers as you stack. Again, it's very thick so you might have to use your hands to help spread it onto cake. In a saucepan over medium heat, melt together butter, sugar, and evaporated milk. Bring to a rolling boil for 1 minute and stir in chocolate chips. Remove from heat and pour over cake (fudge sets up quickly) and garnish with chocolate chips! Enjoy!

RED VELVET CAKE (MORE CHOCOLATE THAN OTHER RECIPES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease and flour two 9 inch baking pans or three 8 inch baking pans.
• Cream butter and sugar in large bowl; add eggs and vanilla, beating well. Stir together buttermilk and food color. Mix flour, cocoa and salt. Add dry ingredients alternately to butter mixture with buttermilk mixture, mixing well between additions. In a separate small bowl mix baking soda and vinegar. Add to batter. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Frost preferably with cream cheese frosting or any frosting you like.
• Note: Using a Dutch process cocoa will yield a less red cake.

RED VELVET CAKE WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE FROSTING RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F Line bottoms of two 8x8x2-inch square pans (or three 9x2-inch round cake pans) with parchment paper and coat with non-stick spray. Note: I use Baker's Joy spray and my cakes never stick! Cake: Sift together the flours unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, table salt and instant espresso powder; whisk to combine. Set aside. For less mess, in a large glass measuring cup with a pour spout, combine the buttermilk, food color and vanilla before mixing into the cake batter. Beat sugar and eggs in a large bowl with a mixer on high speed until white, thick and creamy for 5 to 7 minutes. With the mixer on low speed, slowly drizzle in the oil until it is full incorporated. Alternately add the flour mixture and the buttermilk mixture to the batter (starting and ending with flour mixture) until combined. Mix vinegar into batter and immediately divide evenly between prepared pans. Bake cakes until a toothpick comes out clean, about 35 to 40 minutes. Transfer cakes to a wire rack to cool, for about 10 minutes. Turn cakes out of pans and cool on racks. Once cooked, peel away parchment. Slice each cake in half horizontally to form 4 layers. Note: My cakes were baked square, so I trimmed off the edges to reveal the red cake color. Save the crumbs for later, to crumble and sprinkle on top as decoration. White chocolate frosting: Whisk milk and flour together in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula, until thick and paste-like and no longer lumpy, about 15 minutes. Note: Don't panic if it becomes lumpy, as you can always push it thrown a fine sieve. However, keep stirring and scraping the pan at all times. Transfer mixture to a bowl, press plastic wrap over the surface to prevent a skin from forming and chill until cold. Melt chocolate in a double-boiler (I had thin chocolate, so I melted it in 30 second intervals in my microwave). Cool slightly. Cream sugar and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer on high (I use my Kitchen Aid Whisk Attachment)) for about 7 minutes, until it is light and fluffy. Add chilled milk mixture and melted chocolate and beat on high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes more. Note: I added 1 teaspoon additional vanilla, as I felt it really needed it. I also think an additional 4 ounces of melted white chocolate would be more noticeable. Of course, I love white chocolate! Assembly: Helpful equipment/tools are a serrated knife, off-set spatula and toothpicks (to be guides in slicing each layer in half). Wilton sells an extra-large spatula that is perfect for safely transferring cake layers. I love mine. Piping bag and large round tip. With a serrated knife, level each layer if the center is a high dome (like one of mine was). Split each layer in half. Turn the first layer upside down onto your serving platter (I place narrow strips of wax paper along each edge to catch frosting drippings). Fill the piping bag and pipe the frosting onto the edge of each layer. Plop some frosting in the center, and evenly spread with an off-set spatula. (We aren't frosting the sides of the cake, because this is makes a beautiful presentation. Note: Before adding the final layer, add cut wooden dowels at each corner and in the center. I didn't do this. Repeat with each layer. If desired, sprinkle some fine red crumbs and/or shave some additional white chocolate with a vegetable peeler and sprinkled on top. Note: The frosting is very much liked whipped cream. Therefore, the cake could be in danger of sliding (if you haven't used wooden dowels). Freeze (or refrigerate the cake, immediately) for about 15 minutes, and that should stabilize it. Allow to come to room temperature for 15 to 30 minutes before slicing. Slice with either an electric serrated knife, or a regular serrated knife. This prevents the layers from becoming "squashed".

RED VELVET CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare cake pan (s) for baking by rubbing them with butter and sprinkling flour throughout the inside.
• You can either use one 9"x13" pan or two circular 8" or 9" cake pans.
• Make a paste of cocoa and red food coloring.
• Set aside.
• Cream shortening and white sugar.
• Add 2 eggs, beat well.
• Add vanilla and the paste of cocoa and red food coloring.
• Sift 2 cups of flour and salt.
• Add alternatively with milk.
• Beat mixture well.
• Dissolve baking soda in vinegar.
• Add to cake mixture while foaming.
• Pour mixture into pan (s) for baking.
• Bake at 350 degrees for around 40 minutes.
• Test to see if the cake is done by sticking a toothpick into its center.
• If it comes out clean, the cake is done.
• After cooled, top with Red Velvet Chocolate Cake Icing.