Red Velvet Bundt Cake Recipe
This red velvet bundt cake is a chocolate lover's dream. It has an irresistible flavor that you can't stop eating, and it tastes even better when topped with your favorite frosting!
Servings: 8
Calories: 490kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 4 large eggs
- ¼ cup sour cream
- ½ cup whole milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup cocoa powder plus additional for preparing Bundt pan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit and coat a 10-inch Bundt pan in butter and cocoa powder. (This will help keep the cake from sticking when you remove it from the pan.)
- Cream together sugar and butter in a large bowl with a hand mixer or in a stand mixer until it is smooth and creamy, approximately 3-4 minutes.
- Add eggs and beat until the eggs are fully incorporated into the sugar mixture.
- Add sour cream, milk, and vanilla and beat until the ingredients are homogenous and the mixture is runny.
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder and slowly mix until there are no longer any dry clumps of flour in the mixture.
- Pour cake batter into prepared Bundt pan and bake for 40 - 45 minutes, or until a toothpick can be removed from the cake cleanly.
- Allow the cake to cool in the Bundt pan for 10 minutes before removing it. To remove, place a plate over the Bundt pan. While holding both the cake pan and the plate, invert the cake onto the plate.
- Let the cake cool completely before adding frosting or icing.
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Notes
Nutrition information excludes topping.
If you use cocoa that is Dutch-processed, you will need to add red food coloring or beet powder to achieve a red hue (color).
Generally, cream cheese frosting is used to top Red Velvet Cake. Buttercream is also a good option.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 490kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 129mg | Sodium: 480mg | Potassium: 252mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 39g | Vitamin A: 559IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 3mg
