Cream Cheese Frosting For Red Velvet Cake Recipes

Steps:

• FOR THE CAKE:.
• Place oven rack in the middle position and heat oven to 350°F.
• Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
• Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl.
• Whisk buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla, and eggs in large measuring cup.
• Mix cocoa with food coloring in small bowl until a smooth paste forms.
• Beat butter and sugar together on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes, scraping down bowl as necessary.
• Add one-third of flour mixture and beat on medium-low speed until just incorporated, about 30 seconds.
• Add half of buttermilk mixture and beat on low speed until combined, about 30 seconds. Scrape down bowl as necessary and repeat with half of remaining flour mixture, remaining buttermilk mixture, and finally remaining flour mixture.
• Scrape down bowl, add cocoa mixture, and beat on medium speed until completly incorporated, about 30 seconds.
• Using rubber spatula, give batter final stir.
• Scrape into prepared pans and bake until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
• Cool cakes in pans 10 minmutes then turn out onto rack to cool completely, at least 30 minutes.
• FROSTING:.
• Using electric mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium-high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• Add cream cheese, one piece at a time, and beat until incorporated, about 30 seconds.
• Beat in vanilla and salt.
• Refrigerate until ready to use.
• When cakes are cooled, spread about 2 cups frosting on one cake layer. Top with second cake layer and spread top and sides of cake with remaining frosting.
• Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve, up to 3 days.

Steps:

• Combine the cream cheese and butter on medium speed, just until blended, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Stop and scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add the vanilla and salt and beat until combined. With the speed on low, add the powdered sugar in 4 batches, beating until smooth between each addition. Refrigerate for 5 to 10 minutes before using.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 330 degrees F. Grease a 13-by-9-inch baking pan with cooking spray and line it with parchment paper.
• Cream the granulated sugar and butter together in a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment until they're light and fluffy. Then add the molasses and mix. Add the eggs 1 at a time and mix until they're incorporated, then scrape down the bowl and paddle to make sure it is completely mixed.
• In a pitcher, combine the buttermilk, oil, apple cider vinegar, food coloring and vanilla.
• Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl. Alternate adding the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture, finishing with the dry ingredients. Scrape the bowl and mix again, being careful not to over-beat.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let cool until no longer warm to the touch, then flip the cake out onto a cardboard cake board. With a serrated knife, remove the top of the cake to make it level. Flip the cake over and remove the browned bottom or "bloom" with the serrated knife. Slice the cake into 2 layers. Layer some of the Classic Cream Cheese Frosting between the cake layers, and then top the cake with it.
• In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese and butter together until they're soft and light. Slowly add the powdered sugar. Scrape the bowl and paddle down, then add the vanilla and salt and mix until incorporated.

Steps:

• Place butter in bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, and beat on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add cream cheese, and beat until well combined and fluffy, about 2 minutes more. Add sugar and vanilla, and beat until combined, about 2 minutes. Fold in walnuts.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter and flour two 9x2-inch cake pans.
• Sift flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl and set aside.
• Whisk eggs in a large mixing bowl until yolks are broken. Add oil, buttermilk, sour cream, red food coloring, vanilla extract, and vinegar; mix to combine. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, mixing by hand as little as possible so as not to overbeat. If mixing with an electric mixer, add flour mixture and mix until just incorporated. Divide batter evenly between the prepared pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cakes comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes before removing cakes from pans to cool completely on a wire rack, 20 to 30 minutes more.
• Meanwhile, whip cream cheese in a bowl using an electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Scrape into a different bowl.
• Sift sugar, flour, and salt together in a medium saucepan. Turn heat to medium-high and whisk in milk and vanilla extract slowly until there are no lumps. Cook until it starts to bubble and becomes thick and pudding-like, 7 to 8 minutes. Pour into a mixing bowl and refrigerate for 10 minutes.
• Whisk chilled mixture using an electric mixer with a whisk attachment for 5 minutes. Add whipped cream cheese slowly, whisking until you have a smooth frosting, about 5 minutes more. Use to frost cooled cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and lightly flour a 9 X 13 baking dish.
• Combine cake mix, eggs, buttermilk, oil, vinegar, and water in large bowl. Beat on low for 1 minute.
• Stop beating and add food coloring. Then beat again for 2 minutes on high
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake about 30 minutes until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. If making cupcakes bake for time directed on mix box.
• Let cool before frosting.
• Soften butter slightly.
• Put sugar in bowl of food processor and pulse a few times to sift.
• Cut cream cheese into pieces and add along with the butter and vanilla.
• Process until smooth.