How to make an authentic moist mermaid sheet cake velvet layer cake with cream cheese frosting. If you’ve been wondering how to make a REAL red velvet cake, you need to try this recipe! Red velvet cake isn’t just chocolate cake with red food coloring!
Topped with cream cheese frosting, I finally figured out why people LOVE a real red velvet cake. This cake is buttery, soft and truly lives up to it’s velvet description. This recipe is updated from a previous recipe that I used and is a million times better! That’s the thing with baking, you are always learning and improving. I tested this recipe out on a client who’s favorite cake flavor was red velvet and she said it was the best she’s ever had so I think that is a win.
Is red velvet cake just a chocolate cake recipe with red food coloring added? Red velvet cake isn’t just a chocolate cake with red food coloring added. In fact, the original red velvet cake got its name because the buttermilk and the vinegar naturally bring out the red undertones in the cocoa powder, giving the cake a red tint. Buttermilk and vinegar also break down the gluten in flour resulting in a more tender cake which is probably why it got the nickname red velvet.