White Velvet Cake Is A Soft, Delicate Cake With A Hint Of Buttermilk And Vanilla

White velvet cake is red velvet‘s pretty little sister. Red velvet cake has been around for ages and probably one of the most popular cake flavors of all time. But not everyone want’s to eat red food coloring or maybe they have special dietary requirements that don’t allow them to eat red food dye. Whatever the reason, options are always good.

A lot of people wonder if you can just leave out the red food color and get white velvet and the answer is yes, kinda. You also need to leave out the cocoa powder. All the things that make red velvet cake delicious can be left in.

Ingredients

12 oz cake flour

12 oz granulated sugar

1 tsp salt

1 Tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp baking soda

5 large egg whites room temperature

4 oz vegetable oil

10 oz buttermilk room temperature or slightly warm

6 oz butter unsalted and softened

2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

• NOTE: It is SUPER IMPORTANT that all the room temperature ingredients listed above are room temperature and not cold so that the ingredients mix and incorporate correctly.
• Heat oven to 335º F/168º C — 350º F/177º C. I tend to use lower setting to prevent my cakes from getting too dark on the outside before the inside is done baking.
• Prepare two 8" cake pans with cake goop or preferred pan spray
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in the bowl of .a stand mixer with paddle attachment. Mix 10 seconds to combine. 
• Combine egg whites, vanilla and 1/2 cup of milk in a measuring cup and whisk to combine. Set aside
• Combine remaining milk and oil in a separate measuring cup and set aside. 
• Add your softened butter to the dry ingredients and mix on low until mixture resembles a coarse sand (about 30 seconds). Add in your milk/oil mixture and let mix until dry ingredients are moistened and then bump up to med (setting 4 on my kitchenaid) and let mix for 1 1/2 minutes to develop the cakes structure. If you don't let your cake mix on this step your cake could collapse. 
• Scrape your bowl and then reduce speed to low. Add in your egg white mixture in three batches, letting the batter mix for 15 seconds between additions. 
• Scrape down the sides again to make sure everything is incorporated the pour into prepared pans. Bake 30-35 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out cleanly but the cake has not begun to shrink yet from the sides of the pan. 
• For full instructions please see : sugargeekshow.com

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