How to Cook Yummy Dark Royal Blue Velvet Cake

How to Cook Yummy Dark Royal Blue Velvet Cake Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Dark Royal Blue Velvet Cake. To get the royal blue velvet color, remember the toothpickful of violet paste food color; if forgotten, the cake will bake up turquoise in color. Use paste food color to achieve the royal blue velvet color. If you use liquid or gel food color, your cake color will vary.

It is typically served with a cream cheese-based icing, but you can also make it with a basic, marshmallow icing The violet food coloring will help tone down any green tones in your cake, giving you a nice, royal blue color.

White velvet cake gets it's flavor and velvety texture from buttermilk.

A moist, tender cake that is great for any special occasion.

You can cook Dark Royal Blue Velvet Cake using 13 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Dark Royal Blue Velvet Cake

1. You need 2 cup of AP flour or Cake Flour.

2. Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.

3. Prepare 1 tsp of baking powder.

4. It’s 1 tsp of salt.

5. You need 2 tbsp of Unsweetened Cocoa Powder(I Used Hershey).

6. It’s 2 cup of granulated sugar.

7. Prepare 1 cup of vegetable oil.

8. Prepare 2 of eggs.

9. Prepare 1 cup of buttermilk.

10. It’s 2 tsp of vanilla extract.

11. You need 1-2 oz of red or blue food coloring(I used Royal Blue food gel).

12. You need 1 tsp of white distilled vinegar.

13. It’s 1/2 cup of hot plain coffeeOptional.

This cake tastes even better chilled the next day.

Next time I'm going to try to make the frosting without coconut so it's just a basic cream cheese one.

The melted marshmallows in the frosting aren't too bad either!

You can use less blue food coloring and sub the rest with water if you want.

Dark Royal Blue Velvet Cake instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325.

2. In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside..

3. In a large bowl, combine the sugar and vegetable oil..

4. Mix in eggs, buttermilk, vanilla, and red or blue food coloring until combined..

5. Stir in the coffee and vinegar.

6. Combine the wet ingredients w/the dry ingredients a little at a time, just until combined..

7. Grease and flour 2 round 9-inch pans w/butter, shortening or flour.

8. Pour batter evenly & bake for 30-40 minutes on the middle rack until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean..

9. Allow pans to cool on a cooling rack for 30-45 minutes, once slightly cool, slide a knife around the inside to loosen the cake out of the pan..

10. Remove cakes from pans and allow them to cool completely!.

11. Frost and decorate cakes to your liking!!.

Blue Velvet Cake is the perfect, fun twist on the more traditional Red Velvet Cake we all know and love.

Blue velvet cake with creamy white chocolate cream cheese icing and fresh blueberries.

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