Name: Red Velvet Sheet Cake Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2½ cups cake flour; ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 tsp Baking Soda; ½ tsp salt; 1 cup unsalted butter; 2 cups sugar; 4 eggs; 1 cup sour cream; ½ cup buttermilk; 1 oz red food color; 1 tbsp vanilla extract; 3 cups Cream Cheese Frosting

Red Velvet Sheet Cake Recipe

Viktoria Bucher Modified: November 12, 2023

How To Make Red Velvet Sheet Cake

Red velvet is a classic dessert flavor that’s always beautiful to look at. This sheet cake version can feed a crowd and has the perfect cream cheese ratio.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 35 minutes

Total: 45 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2½cupscake flour
⅓cupunsweetened cocoa powder
1tspbaking soda
½tspsalt
1cupunsalted butter,softened
2cupssugar
4eggs,large
1cupsour cream
½cupbuttermilk
1ozred food color
1tbspvanilla extract
3cupscream cheese frosting,Recipe in notes below

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spray a 9×13-inch baking pan with baking spray.
Sift the flour, cocoa powder and baking soda into a large bowl and add the baking soda to it.
In a stand mixer whisk together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add in the eggs one at a time.
Whisk in the sour cream, milk, red food coloring and vanilla then add in the flour until just combined with no dry streaks.
Pour into baking pan, spread evenly and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
Let cool completely before frosting.