Best Icing For Red Velvet Cake. Traditionally the icing of choice is cream cheese. This beautiful creamy white fluffy rich and incomparable frosting.
I beg of you not to cover this cake with cream cheese frosting or cut any corners with store-bought buttercream. Its historical mahogany hue may have been the result of unprocessed cocoa beet sugar if youre a fan of icings this a great option. According to Bobbie Lloyd Chief Baking Officer at the Magnolia Bakery via Mic theres a funky color change that happens when the cocoa powder vinegar and baking soda in a red velvet recipe react and turn the cake from brown to a sort of brownish red.
This will also help to keep the cake.
Make sure to sift the dry ingredients to remove any lumps of cocoa powder. Ingredients 5 tablespoons flour 1 cup whole milk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 23 cup real butter 3 ounces cream cheese softened must be block not spread good quality and full fat 1 cup granulated sugar not powderedicing sugar. Its a decadent flavorful gorgeously red and tender cake topped with a sweet rich cream cheese frosting. Baking Tips For Red Velvet Cake.