Blue Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.
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Ingredients of Blue Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- You need of ~For the Cake.
- Prepare 1 box of white cake mix (do not use box directions).
- Prepare 1 1/4 cups of buttermilk.
- Prepare 1/3 cup of vegetable oil.
- Prepare 3 of eggs – room temp.
- You need 2 tbs of unsweetened baking cocoa.
- Prepare 2 tsp of royal blue GEL food coloring.
- It’s 1 drop of violet GEL food coloring.
- It’s of ~For the Frosting.
- It’s 8 oz of cream cheese – softened.
- It’s 1/2 cup of unsalted butter – softened.
- It’s 3 cups of powdered sugar.
- It’s 2 tsp of pure vanilla extract.
- Prepare 1 of tiny pinch salt.
Blue Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour the bottom only of a 9×13"cake pan or grease and flour the bottom and sides of 2, 8" round cake pans..
- Place all ingredients for the cake, EXCEPT the food coloring, in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on low speed until just combined..
- Add food coloring (it is important to use gel type). Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Scrape down sides. Pour into prepared baking pan(s). Gently tap pan(s) on counter a couple times to knock out air bubbles..
- Place in oven. Bake 29-34 minutes for 9×13"pan or minutes for 8" round pans (toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean)..
- Remove from oven. For 9×13 let cool completely in pan. For round pans let cool 15 minutes, then run a knife around the edges to release from pan, and turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely..
- To make the frosting:.
- Place butter, cream cheese and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on medium speed until combined and beginning to "fluff". About 2 minutes..
- Turn off mixer, scrape down sides. Beat in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, fully combining and scraping down sides after each addition. Add a small pinch of salt with the final cup of sugar. If frosting seems too thick to spread you can beat in a little milk 1 tsp at a time..
- To frost 9×13"cake: Spread entire batch evenly over cake. To frost 8" round cake: Place one cake on serving platter. Spread 1/3 of batch on top only. Place second cake directly on top of first. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides to coat as evenly as possible..
- See notes below ⤵.
- If you are using dark or nonstick cake pans bake at 325°F until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (usually about 5 more minutes than regular time)..