Blue Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Blue Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Blue Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting. This blue velvet cake has an angel food base with fresh blueberries baked into the cake, and is coated in a delicious and creamy cream cheese frosting. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt until combined; set aside.

To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have blue velvet cake with cream cheese frosting using 14 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Blue Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting:
  1. Prepare ~For the Cake
  2. Take 1 box white cake mix (do not use box directions)
  3. Prepare 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
  4. Get 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  5. Make ready 3 eggs - room temp
  6. Get 2 tbs unsweetened baking cocoa
  7. Get 2 tsp royal blue GEL food coloring
  8. Make ready 1 drop violet GEL food coloring
  9. Prepare ~For the Frosting
  10. Make ready 8 oz cream cheese - softened
  11. Make ready 1/2 cup unsalted butter - softened
  12. Make ready 3 cups powdered sugar
  13. Take 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  14. Get 1 tiny pinch salt

Place the second layer of cake on top of that frosting, and then smother some more chilled cream cheese on top of that. Place the third and final layer of the cake on the very top! Now frost the entire cake with the chilled cream cheese frosting! For decorations, I lined the bottom rim and top rim with fresh blueberries!

Steps to make Blue Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting:
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour the bottom only of a 9x13"cake pan or grease and flour the bottom and sides of 2, 8" round cake pans.
  2. Place all ingredients for the cake, EXCEPT the food coloring, in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on low speed until just combined.
  3. Add food coloring (it is important to use gel type). Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Scrape down sides. Pour into prepared baking pan(s). Gently tap pan(s) on counter a couple times to knock out air bubbles.
  4. Place in oven. Bake 29-34 minutes for 9x13"pan or minutes for 8" round pans (toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean).
  5. Remove from oven. For 9x13 let cool completely in pan. For round pans let cool 15 minutes, then run a knife around the edges to release from pan, and turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
  6. To make the frosting:
  7. Place butter, cream cheese and vanilla in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat on medium speed until combined and beginning to "fluff". About 2 minutes.
  8. Turn off mixer, scrape down sides. Beat in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, fully combining and scraping down sides after each addition. Add a small pinch of salt with the final cup of sugar. If frosting seems too thick to spread you can beat in a little milk 1 tsp at a time.
  9. To frost 9x13"cake: Spread entire batch evenly over cake. To frost 8" round cake: Place one cake on serving platter. Spread 1/3 of batch on top only. Place second cake directly on top of first. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides to coat as evenly as possible.
  10. See notes below ⤵
  11. If you are using dark or nonstick cake pans bake at 325°F until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (usually about 5 more minutes than regular time).

In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. For the homemade cream cheese frosting, be sure to use brick-style cream cheese and not the kind that comes in a tub. Brick-style cream cheese makes for the richest, creamiest frosting. Lastly, this red velvet poke cake recipe can easily be prepped in advance. I actually think it tastes better when you let it sit in the fridge overnight!

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