Red Velvet Cheesecake is something you can make at home for your anniversary or on Valentine’s Day. It’s a really easy cake to make. Just try it once.

So lets see how to make this amazing cake.

Preperation Time: 20 mins            Baking Time: 25 mins

All you need:

For the cake-

• All Purpose Flour – 2 ½ cups
• Cocoa Powder – ¼ cup
• Granulated Sugar – 1 ½ cups
• Baking Powder – 2 tsp
• Baking Soda – 1 tsp
• Salt – ½ tsp
• Unsalted Butter – ½ cup (at room temperature)
• Vegetable Oil – ¼ cup
• Eggs – 3
• Vinegar – 2 tsp
• Buttermilk – 1 cup
• Liquid red food coloring – 2 tbsp
• Pure Vanilla Extract – 2 tsp

For the frosting-

• Cream Cheese – 16 oz (at room temperature)
• Heavy whipping cream – 1 ½ cups (should be cold)
• Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp
• Confectioners’ Sugar – 1 cup

 

Method:

PART 1 – FOR THE CAKE

• Preheat the oven at 350˚F and line two 9” cake pans with parchment paper.
• In a bowl, using a sieve, sift together all purpose flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
• In a separate bowl, add butter and beat it until it has a creamy texture. You could use a stand mixer or even a hand mixer.
• Add sugar and oil and beat again until everything is well combined. Beat it for approx. 2 to 3 mins.
• Now add the eggs, one at a time and beat until combined properly. Also add in the vanilla extract.
• In a bowl or a cup, mix buttermilk, vinegar and red food coloring.
• Add the buttermilk mixture and the dry mixture alternatively to the butter mixture (i.e. add a part of the dry mixture to the butter mixture and beat it and then add the buttermilk mixture and beat it, continue this until all the mixture has finished) and mix everything until well combined and you get a smooth mixture, scraping down the sides of the bowl.
• Divide the batter evenly among the two cake pans and bake them for about 20 – 25 mins or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Once the cake has baked, allow them to cool in the cake pans for 5 mins and then transfer them to cool completely.
• Once the cake has cooled down completely, cover them with plastic wrap and pop them in the fridge for 4-5 hours or you could even cool them in the fridge overnight.
• After the cake has cooled in the fridge, slice the cake in two equal parts. This will give you 4 cake layers.

PART 2 – FOR THE FROSTING

• In a large bowl, add the cream cheese and beat it until you get a creamy texture.
• Add vanilla extract and sugar and beat again until smooth.
• Now add the cold heavy whipping cream and beat it until you get a thick batter which you can spread over the cake.

PART 3 – ASSEMBLING THE CAKE

• Take one layer of the cake and add a dollop of the frosting on the layer and spread it as evenly as possible.
• Take the second layer and place it on top of the first layer and spread the frosting. Continue this for the other two layers as well.
• Cover the sides of the cake with some frosting as well.
• I took some the frosting and added red food coloring to it and piped the frosting on the edges of the cake. You avoid this step if you’d like.
• Keep the cake refrigerated.

And your Red Velvet Cheesecake is ready. Try making it, I’m sure you will love it.

ENJOY!!