Red Velvet Cake Base

Name: Red Velvet Cake Base
Yield: Makes One 9 by ¾ inch high cake
Ingredients: safflower oil; low-fat buttermilk; unsalted butter; canola oil; unsweetened cocoa powder; sea salt; egg whites; pure vanilla extract; red liquid food coloring; bleached all-purpose flour; bleached cake flour; baking powder; sugar

Preparation info

Makes
One
9 by ¾ inch high cake

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Baking Bible

By Rose Levy Beranbaum

Published 2014

About

Ingredients

	VOLUME	WEIGHT
2 large

Dessert
Cake
Baking
Vegetarian

Method

Mix the Liquid Ingredients

In a medium bowl, whisk the egg whites, red food coloring, and vanilla just until lightly combined. (Caution: Be careful with the food coloring; it stains effectively, but also unmercifully.)

Mix the Dry Ingredients

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powd