How I Developed The Perfect Chocolatey Red Velvet Cake

How I Developed The Perfect Chocolatey Red Velvet Cake | Bon Appétit

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Shilpa Uskokovic spent days in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen making tray after tray of red velvet cake to develop her perfect recipe. Watch as she experiments with every variable to arrive at the ultimate red velvet-from the rich chocolatey taste to the fluffiest cream frosting-before publishing it for Bon Appétit.
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Director: Gunsel Pehlivan
Director of Photography: Jeremy Harris
Editor: Jared Hutchinson
Talent: Shilpa Uskokovic
Director of Culinary Production: Kelly Janke
Producer: Tyre Nobles
Line Producer: Jen McGinity
Associate Producer: Oadhan Lynch
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Camera Operator: Carlos Araujo
Sound Mixer: Mariya Chulichkova
Culinary Assistant: Jessica Do
Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
00:00 Perfect Red Velvet Cake
00:20 Day 1
01:08 Cake V1 - One Bowl Method
02:06 Cake V2 - Creaming Method
02:48 Cooling
03:49 Taste Test
05:02 Cake V3 - Brown Sugar
05:16 Cake V4 - Baking Powder
06:06 Frosting V1 - Ermine
07:09 Frosting V2 - Cream Cheese
08:00 Taste Test
09:06 Day 2 - Cake V6 Cocoa Powder
09:25 Cake V6 - Unsweetened Chocolate
10:35 Cream Cheese Whip vs. Experimental Cream Cheese Frosting
11:57 Cooling
12:39 Taste Test
14:40 Cake V7 - Unsweetened Chocolate and Baking Powder
15:22 Updated Cream Cheese Frosting
16:00 ...with Powdered Sugar
16:20 Taste Test
17:34 Cake V8 - Big Boi
18:30 Hybrid Frosting
19:12 Final Taste Test
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@flummox3d Ай бұрын

I love these kinds of videos, because as a beginner baker I like to know what part does what and how the whole result changes when you replace one element.

@POTThaesslich Ай бұрын

This feels like the original BA Videos. I like it

@kellywhite9299 Ай бұрын

Isn't the point of red velvet cake to react the natural cacao powder with acid (buttermilk and vinegar) to get the anthocyanins to turn reddish brown (brick red)?

@deborahcook4508 Ай бұрын

Exactly. Less food coloring needed. Use science to the recipe’s advantage. So much better.

@ep8755 Ай бұрын

Yup! The hallmark red velvet ingredients aren't there. It's not red velvet. Just a chocolate cake tinted red. Wrong!

@jennadeagle5394 Ай бұрын

That's what I thought, as that's what happens with my go to Red velvet cake recipe.

@kariworld Ай бұрын

I came here to say that. My recipe calls for buttermilk (tang) and then the reaction between the baking soda and vinegar. It's a perfect recipe!

@xoxox.skinnychef Ай бұрын

I thought it was beets

@gabrielmaisonet7485 Ай бұрын

oh my. very grateful for this one.

@FishareFriendsNotFood972 Ай бұрын

Looks delicious!

@Foodie__N Ай бұрын

looks sooo yummy!

@dvsteady Ай бұрын

I’m on board with this. I try to be open minded with trying red velvet cake but every single time I feel it is a tasteless cake. So I welcome a slightly more pronounced cocoa flavor in red velvet.

@KillerTacos54 Ай бұрын

Amazing

@ash1118 Ай бұрын

gonna make this more my sister 🙏

@madelineS98789 Ай бұрын

It’s not supposed to be chocolate in taste. And the buttermilk and vinegar is missing!

@mattymattffs Ай бұрын

The one bowl method had two bowls???

@APOLLOSTEES Ай бұрын

Looks delicious. Also the way you said “Jesse” 19:36 🤔😊

@Doc27901 Ай бұрын

4:53 I dont think youre supposed to taste red food coloring in food. If it tastes bitter you're probably using a little too much.

@deucey222 Ай бұрын

That's not what Ermine frosting is supposed to look like lol

@Camphetamin3 25 күн бұрын

The best red velvet I ever tried had cinnamon in it for some reason

@samm3980 Ай бұрын

Those creams are creamin

@wesman422 Ай бұрын

You discovered that barely any red velvet recipes have any cocoa powder because it’s not supposed to. It’s a hint, not a chocolate cake.

@ldenorio Ай бұрын

i would add white chocolate to my cream cheese frosting

@lekdwi2931 Ай бұрын

Semangat bos ku, jos infonya

@Zytia444 Ай бұрын

Sprinklesssss!! Where’s the chopped pecans?? 🤯🤯

@rachelz8784 Ай бұрын

Is this a clap back at Claire’s recent vid? lol

@feliperooney Ай бұрын

Literally…. The ermine frosting…

@gabyb1219 Ай бұрын

Was JUST about to say this 😂

@Meowzzz86 Ай бұрын

I WAS COMING HERE TO SAY THE SAME! I'm surprised they haven't tried “recreating” the drumstick yet lol

@SoWiizz Ай бұрын

Quite low of them in my opinion

@ww6156 Ай бұрын

They would have spent time planning this, it was developed for their magazine, they filmed this over two days at least, then there's editing time, and it goes into the queue of videos that they are going to release. It is most likely a coincidence that they came out a week apart

@QVegter Ай бұрын

Hate to break it to everyone, that first method was def not ONE bowl XD

@jasonsmall5602 Ай бұрын

The whole point is that it's not chocolate

@shwee1855 27 күн бұрын

When I saw the title, I just clicked immediately to see what nonsense they are filming...... Red Velvet Cakes ARE NOT meant to be chocolatey..... If I wanted a Chocolatey red velvet cake, I'd just have a CHOCOLATE CAKE

@fmgypsy333 Ай бұрын

As a southern baker you missed the mark, a mix in the four is called for … it’s not all AP you must use pecan & cake flour equaling 1/4 cup less cake to pecan flour along with the AP

@hiTocopter Ай бұрын

Cream cheese + powdered sugar is all you need for the perfect red velvet topping. There's no need to complicate it. Cream cheese is already a fairly complex taste

@jadejaguar69 Ай бұрын

In a red velvet, you want some sort of consistency with cake and frosting. When the cream cheese overpowers, it’s really a dissonance with the cake. I think she did a great job with this

@leonardomartinez7231 Ай бұрын

What happened to the girl who made takis

@Zytia444 Ай бұрын

My hair would’ve been gray by the end of this😂

@belinda5577 Ай бұрын

Claire's better

@IRFengshui Ай бұрын

I am honestly disappointed that you did not use the acidity of the dairy to activate the red color of the cocoa. Red velvet cake is supposed tinted by that and not food coloring. You chose the way of the coward instead of walking the path of the the true cook.