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lately, my Instagram newsfeed has been flooded with adorable cake jars. People are making a living out of selling cake jars so there’s definitely a market for it. They are so adorable, I would totally buy one. However, they’re super easy to make.
I used my red velvet cake recipe because I love it and think it’s the absolute best but you may certainly use a cake mix if you prefer.
I did mention in the video that I used very little cocoa powder for this recipe only because I wanted the red velvet cake a very vibrant red. It’s the exact recipe I use for my red velvet cupcakes with just a little less cocoa powder. I need to get my hands on some white chocolate cocoa powder asap.
This is my favorite color! If you know me, you know I normally paint my nails this color too 🙂
You can use a muffin tin but why would you want to waste cupcake liners or waste time pausing between pours?
I’m not going to lie, I ate one of these without frosting! So good
Red Velvet Cake Jars
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp red food coloring
- 1/2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 eggs
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 4 ounces unsalted butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees .
- In a bowl, sift the all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, and salt, set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix the 2 eggs, vegetable oil, buttermilk, vanilla extract, red food coloring, and sugar .
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix .
- In a bowl mix the baking soda and apple cider vinegar. Once it foams up, add it to the cake batter.
- Pour the batter into a 9 inch greased baking dish and bake for 27-30 minutes.
- To make the frosting, mix the cream cheese and butter for about 2 minutes .
- Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract, mix for about 3 minutes on high speed then place in a piping bag.
- Using a round cookie cutter cut out cake rounds and slice them in half using a serrated knife.
- Place 1 cake layer in a jar then pipe the cream cheese frosting over the cake layer repeating this process until you reach the top.
- Using a heart cookie cutter, cut out some hearts to decorate if desired.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
