Red Velvet Sheet Cake

Serve a dessert with a pop of beautiful red color. This red velvet sheet cake is made from scratch and has melt in your mouth cream cheese frosting. Great for holiday parties!

Have you tried our red velvet layer cake yet? It has an amazing color…and is one of the easiest homemade cakes to make!

Red Velvet Sheet Cake Recipe

Homemade Red Velvet Cake

So how do you make red velvet cake? It starts like any other cake. Mix up the dry ingredients and the wet ingredients separately. Here are some special hints as you make this cake:

• This recipe calls for shortening which gives it a great texture. You can use butter, but it will change the texture.
• 1 ounces of red food coloring? Yes. If you want a beautiful red color, that’s how much it takes.
• Add buttermilk. You can make your own buttermilk at home with milk and vinegar, or buy some at the store. It keeps in your fridge for awhile so you can easily keep it on hand.
• Vinegar in cake? Yes! You won’t taste the vinegar. It will react with the baking soda and make the cake fluffy. Don’t skip it! Mix this in last, after you’ve mixed in everything else.

How long does a sheet cake bake?

This red velvet sheet cake should be completely cooked in about 15 minutes. Because it is a shallow cake pan, it won’t take as long to bake through. If you use a different size or depth of pan, the baking time may vary.

Cream Cheese Frosting

This is our classic cream cheese frosting recipe. It’s made with room temperature cream cheese whipped with softened butter. Mix in some powdered sugar and a touch of vanilla. Add heavy cream one tablespoon at a time until you get a nice, spreadable consistency.

People rave about this cream cheese frosting!

What is the size of a sheet cake?

Sheet cakes can be different sizes. This red velvet sheet cake batter is enough to fill an 11×17″ sheet cake. Use the size pan that your recipe calls for for the best results.

How many does sheet cake serve?

We cut our sheet cake in 15 pieces, but if there are other desserts around, you could easily cut those pieces in half again for a total of 30 pieces of cake.

Other Red Velvet Recipes

• Red Velvet Cream Cheese Bundt Cake
• Red Velvet Bundt Cake

TOOLS TO MAKE LEMON CAKE

• Cake Spatula: To get that frosting nice and smooth.
• Hand mixer: I don’t pull out my stand mixer for this recipe. A hand mixer works perfectly.
• 11×17” Cookie Sheet: Perfect for sheet cakes!

Red Velvet Sheet Cake

4.84 from 6 votes

Serve a dessert with a pop of beautiful red color. This red velvet sheet cake is made from scratch and has melt in your mouth cream cheese frosting. Great for holiday parties!

Servings 15

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 35 minutes minutes

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Ingredients

 

For the Frosting:

• 5 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)
• ¾ cup butter (softened)
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons heavy cream

For the Cake:

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 ounce red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoon white vinegar
• 2 teaspoons unsweetened cocoa powder

Instructions

 

For the Frosting:

• In a medium bowl, use a hand mixer to cream together the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
• Add the vanilla extract and powdered sugar. Mix well.
• Add in the cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, until you’ve reached the desired consistency.

For the Cake

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream together the shortening and sugar.
• Add eggs and mix well.
• Add the vanilla extract, cocoa and red color and mix again.
• Add the buttermilk, salt and flour. Mix well.
• Lastly, add the vinegar and baking soda and mix until the batter is smooth.
• Spray an 11x17x1” sheet cake pan with cooking spray.
• Spread the batter evenly in the pan.
• Bake the cakes for 15 minutes or until the center of the cake bounces back when you touch it.
• Allow the cakes to cool completely and then frost.

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Notes

The calories shown are based on the cake being cut into 15 pieces and using all of the frosting, with 1 serving being 1 slice of frosted cake. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate. Also, if you use less frosting, the serving will be less calories.

Nutrition

Calories: 446kcal | Carbohydrates: 59g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 65mg | Sodium: 441mg | Potassium: 66mg | Sugar: 44g | Vitamin A: 515IU | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 1.1mg

Author Julie Clark

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Calories 446

Keyword christmas cake, red velvet cake, sheet cake recipe

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