Red Velvet Cheesecake Layer Cake
Red Velvet Cheesecake Layer Cake requires about 45 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 11 servings with 716 calories, 12g of protein, and 31g of fat each. For $1.75 per serving, this recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Plenty of people made this recipe, and 173 would say it hit the spot. It is brought to you by Erica Sweet Tooth. It is perfect for valentin day. Head to the store and pick up lemon zest, vegetable oil, buttermilk, and a few other things to make it today. With a spoonacular score of 27%, this dish is rather bad. Users who liked this recipe also liked Red Velvet Layer Cake, Red Velvet Layer Cake, and 18 Layer Red Velvet Cake.
Servings: 11
Ingredients:
1 tbsp all purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup buttermilk, at room temperature
2-1/2 cups cake flour
1 tbsp cocoa powder
12 oz cream cheese, cold
2 eggs, at room temperature
2 large eggs, at room temperature
2/3 cup granulated sugar
1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
1-1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
Zest of half a lemon
20 oz full-fat cream cheese, at room temperature
4 cups powdered sugar
Red food coloring, as desired (I used about 1 tsp of gel color)
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup sour cream, at room temperature
6 tbsp unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 tbsp vanilla extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups vegetable oil
1 tsp white distilled vinegar
Equipment:
baking paper
hand mixer
springform pan
bowl
oven
pot
wooden spoon
spatula
frying pan
plastic wrap
knife
whisk
Cooking instruction summary:
for the cheesecake layer:- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and set a pot of water to boil.- Grease a 9 springform pan and line the bottom with a round of parchment paper. Wrap the outside of the pain with tinfoil to keep water out, and set the pan into a larger pan (for the water bath).- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add the sugar and beat until smooth.- Switch to a wooden spoon or spatula and mix in the lemon zest, lemon juice, and salt.- Add eggs one at a time, making sure they are combined but not overmixed.- Add the sour cream and stir in the flour until just combined.- Pour the batter into the greased pan and pour boiling water into the larger pan, halfway up the cheesecake pan.- Bake until the cheesecake is just set in the middle about 40 minutes.- Run a knife along the sides of the pan and let the cheesecake cool completely by placing plastic wrap onto the surface of the cheesecake and refrigerating overnight in the pan.for the red velvet layer:- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 9 pans.- Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt together in a medium bowl.- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs, oil, buttermilk, vanilla extract, and vinegar together until well combined.- With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and beat until well combined. Add the food coloring until desired color is achieved.- Divide the batter equally between the 2 pans. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean, rotating the pans halfway.- Cool the cakes in the pans for 5 minutes, then run a knife around the edges and invert them onto cooling racks to cool completely.for the cream cheese frosting:- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together cream cheese and butter until light and creamy. Add the vanilla extract.- Slowly add the powdered sugar and beat until well combined, about 2-3 minutes.for assembly:- I made the cheesecake and red velvet cake one night and let them both sturdy-up in the fridge overnight. The next day, I whipped up the frosting and assembled the cake.- First, layer the cakes on top of each other and apply a thin coat of frosting and return to the fridge for 30 minutes. This is your crumb coat.- If youre decorating the cake as I did, apply another layer of smooth frosting to the top of the cake and leave the sides alone.- Load the rest of the frosting into a piping bag fit with a large open-star tip and follow Amanda's rose tutorial to decorate the sides..- Return to the fridge until ready to serve.*Note: I made a whole batch of this cream cheese frosting for my 6 cake, and didnt have much left over, so if you would like to recreate the roses, I would suggest doubling this frosting recipe for a 9 cake to make sure you have enough!
Step by step:
1. for the cheesecake layer:- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and set a pot of water to boil.- Grease a 9 springform pan and line the bottom with a round of parchment paper. Wrap the outside of the pain with tinfoil to keep water out, and set the pan into a larger pan (for the water bath).- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy.
2. Add the sugar and beat until smooth.- Switch to a wooden spoon or spatula and mix in the lemon zest, lemon juice, and salt.-
3. Add eggs one at a time, making sure they are combined but not overmixed.-
4. Add the sour cream and stir in the flour until just combined.-
5. Pour the batter into the greased pan and pour boiling water into the larger pan, halfway up the cheesecake pan.-
6. Bake until the cheesecake is just set in the middle about 40 minutes.- Run a knife along the sides of the pan and let the cheesecake cool completely by placing plastic wrap onto the surface of the cheesecake and refrigerating overnight in the pan.for the red velvet layer:- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 9 pans.-
7. Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt together in a medium bowl.- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the eggs, oil, buttermilk, vanilla extract, and vinegar together until well combined.- With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and beat until well combined.
8. Add the food coloring until desired color is achieved.- Divide the batter equally between the 2 pans.
9. Bake 25-30 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean, rotating the pans halfway.- Cool the cakes in the pans for 5 minutes, then run a knife around the edges and invert them onto cooling racks to cool completely.for the cream cheese frosting:- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together cream cheese and butter until light and creamy.
10. Add the vanilla extract.- Slowly add the powdered sugar and beat until well combined, about 2-3 minutes.for assembly:- I made the cheesecake and red velvet cake one night and let them both sturdy-up in the fridge overnight. The next day, I whipped up the frosting and assembled the cake.- First, layer the cakes on top of each other and apply a thin coat of frosting and return to the fridge for 30 minutes. This is your crumb coat.- If youre decorating the cake as I did, apply another layer of smooth frosting to the top of the cake and leave the sides alone.- Load the rest of the frosting into a piping bag fit with a large open-star tip and follow Amanda's rose tutorial to decorate the sides..- Return to the fridge until ready to serve.*Note: I made a whole batch of this cream cheese frosting for my 6 cake, and didnt have much left over, so if you would like to recreate the roses, I would suggest doubling this frosting recipe for a 9 cake to make sure you have enough!
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