Indulge in a culinary journey with the Waldorf Astoria's Original Red Velvet Cake with Cooked Icing, a timeless classic that has captivated taste buds for generations. This decadent cake boasts moist, velvety layers, vibrant red color, and a luscious cooked icing that sets it apart from ordinary desserts. As you embark on this baking adventure, you'll discover not only the secrets behind this iconic cake but also a collection of additional recipes that add variety and elevate your dessert repertoire. From a delectable Cream Cheese Frosting to a rich Sour Cream Pound Cake, each recipe promises a unique taste experience that will leave you craving more. So, gather your ingredients, preheat your oven, and prepare to embark on a sweet journey filled with the flavors of the Waldorf Astoria.
Recipes included:
- Waldorf Astoria Original Red Velvet Cake with Cooked Icing: The star of the show, this classic recipe guides you through the process of creating the perfect red velvet cake, complete with its signature cooked icing.
- Cream Cheese Frosting: A rich and tangy frosting that pairs perfectly with red velvet cake, this recipe offers a step-by-step guide to achieving a smooth and creamy texture.
- Sour Cream Pound Cake: A moist and dense pound cake that is elevated with the addition of sour cream, this recipe yields a tender and flavorful cake that is perfect for any occasion.
- Chocolate Ganache: A decadent and versatile ganache that can be used as a glaze, filling, or frosting, this recipe provides instructions for creating a rich and silky chocolate ganache.
- Vanilla Buttercream Frosting: A classic frosting that is perfect for cakes, cupcakes, and other desserts, this recipe teaches you how to make a smooth and flavorful vanilla buttercream frosting.
WALDORF ASTORIA RED VELVET CAKE
Make the well-known Waldorf Astoria Red Velvet Cake at home. No cake mix needed.
Provided by Stephanie Manley
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour 3 cake pans.
- Make a paste of cocoa and food coloring.
- Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs. Add cocoa and food coloring mixture. Mix well.
- Add buttermilk with vinegar and flour with salt alternately.
- By hand, fold in vanilla and baking soda.
- Pour batter equally into cake pans.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove cake layers from pans and cool completely.
- Cook flour and milk until thick.
- Beat shortening, margarine, sugar, vanilla until creamy.
- Add milk and flour mixture a little at a time and beat well.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 384 kcal, Carbohydrate 47 g, Protein 3 g, Fat 20 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, Cholesterol 38 mg, Sodium 259 mg, Sugar 32 g, ServingSize 1 serving
WALDORF ASTORIA ORIGINAL RED VELVET CAKE WITH COOKED ICING
This recipe is supposed to be similar to the original Waldorf Astoria Red Velvet Cake. If you want to use butter instead of shortening, pick a different cake because this one needs the shortening. Do not use anything other than cake flour and make sure to sift it or weigh it. Using too much flour makes red velvet cake dry.
Provided by Anna
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray three 9-inch round cake pans with flour-added cooking spray. For a higher ratio of cake to frosting, use two 9x2 inch pans. You may also use three 8-inch pans. If you use three 8-inch or go with two 9-inch, you will probably need to tack on about 4 minutes to the cook time due to the batter being deeper.
- Using high speed of electric mixer, beat shortening and sugar until creamy. Beat in eggs, vanilla extract and butter extract, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Make a paste of red food coloring and cocoa powder, then stir that in. Or, do what I do and just stir the red food coloring and cocoa in, then beat. When the batter turns red, stir in the salt and beat so that it's very well mixed. Starting and ending with flour, add the flour and buttermilk alternately to batter, stirring so that flour gets absorbed.
- Place the baking soda in a little cup. Add the vinegar to the baking soda, then stir the fizzy vinegar mixture into the cake batter to lighten it.
- Now, dump the cake batter into the pans, dividing evenly.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs. Let cakes cool in pans on a rack for 10 minutes. Flip out of pans and cool completely. Note: If your oven runs hot, cook the red velvet cake at 325 degrees F. The cakes will turn out dry if overcooked.
- Make the frosting. In a heavy saucepan, whisk together 3 tablespoons of flour and 1/4 cup of the milk until smooth. Whisk in salt and remaining milk. Turn heat to medium and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is thick and creamy. Let it cool completely.
- Using your electric mixer, beat butter and granulated sugar until fluffy. Beat in the vanilla. Beat in the thoroughly cooled flour mixture. Beat and beat until the icing is fluffy and no longer grainy (this may take a while, depending on how powerful your mixer is). For this recipe, I recommend using a stand mixer.
- Cover cake with frosting. If your cake domes, you can trim off the domes and crumble them for garnish.
WALDORF-ASTORIA RED VELVET CAKE
Make and share this Waldorf-Astoria Red Velvet Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by troyh
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Cream shortening, sugar and eggs.
- Make a paste of food coloring and cocoa.
- Add to creamed mixture.
- Add buttermilk alternating with flour and salt.
- Add vanilla.
- Add soda to vinegar, and blend into the batter.
- Pour into 3 or 4 greased and floured 8" cake pans.
- Bake at 350°F for 24-30 minutes.
- Split layers fill and frost with the following frosting.
- Frosting: Add milk to flour slowly, avoiding lumps.
- Cook flour and milk until very thick, stirring constantly.
- Cool completely.
- Cream sugar, butter and vanilla until fluffy.
- Add to cooked mixture.
- Beat, high speed, until very fluffy.
- Looks and tastes like whipped cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 511, Fat 25.9, SaturatedFat 12.7, Cholesterol 75.3, Sodium 478, Carbohydrate 65.8, Fiber 0.7, Sugar 42.8, Protein 5
CLASSIC WALDORF RED CAKE
This beautiful tall cake is moist and tender. Sometimes called Red Velvet Cake, this classic cake not only tastes delicious, but adds great flair to a holiday dessert table.
Provided by Almond Breeze
Categories Trusted Brands: Recipes and Tips Almond Breeze
Time 1h55m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with rounds of waxed paper or parchment; grease paper. Flour pans.
- In large bowl, mix 2 1/4 cups flour, sugar, cocoa, and baking soda with electric mixer on low speed. Add all remaining cake ingredients. Mix on low speed. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes or until creamy.
- Divide batter evenly between pans. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Run knife around edges to loosen. Remove to cooling racks and cool completely, about 1 hour.
- In small saucepan, whisk 1/3 cup flour into almondmilk until smooth. Cook and whisk over medium-low heat until thick and bubbly. Refrigerate 10 minutes.
- In large bowl, beat buttery sticks and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add small spoonfuls of the flour mixture and beat until blended. Scrape sides; add vanilla. Beat on high speed until thick and creamy.
- Place 1 cake layer on cake plate, rounded side down. Spread frosting over cake. Top with second layer, rounded side up. Frost top and sides of cake. Store covered in refrigerator.
WALDORF ASTORIA ORIGINAL RED VELVET CAKE WITH COOKED ICING RECIPE - (3.7/5)
Provided by Shirl
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray three 9-inch round cake pans with flour-added cooking spray. For a higher ratio of cake to frosting, use two 9×2 inch pans. You may also use three 8-inch pans. If you use three 8-inch or go with two 9-inch, you will probably need to tack on about 4 minutes to the cook time due to the batter being deeper. Using high speed of electric mixer, beat shortening and sugar until creamy. Beat in eggs, vanilla extract and butter extract, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Make a paste of red food coloring and cocoa powder, then stir that in. Or, do what I did and stir the red food coloring and cocoa in, then beat. When the batter turns red, stir in the salt and beat so that it's very well mixed. Starting and ending with flour, add the flour and buttermilk alternately to batter, stirring so that flour gets absorbed. Place the baking soda in a little cup. Add the vinegar to the baking soda, then stir the fizzy vinegar mixture into the cake batter to lighten it. Now, dump the cake batter into the pans, dividing evenly. Bake for 20 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs. Let cakes cool in pans on a rack for 10 minutes. Flip out of pans and cool completely. Note: If your oven runs hot, cook the red velvet cake at 325 degrees F. The cakes will turn out dry if overcooked. Make the frosting. In a heavy saucepan, whisk together 3 tablespoons of flour and 1/4 cup of the milk until smooth. Whisk in salt and remaining milk. Turn heat to medium and cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is thick and creamy. Let it cool completely. Using your electric mixer, beat butter and granulated sugar until fluffy. Beat in the vanilla. Beat in the thoroughly cooled flour mixture. Beat and beat until the icing is fluffy and no longer grainy (this may take a while, depending on how good your mixer is). For this recipe, I recommend using a stand mixer. Cover cake with frosting.
WALDORF-ASTORIA RED VELVET CAKE (1920S RECIPE)
Found on CakeCentral.com while researching the original recipe. I am personally not sure about this icing. I may try the other roux one. Originally posted by descakes. "This is the original Waldorf-Astoria Red Velvet Cake recipe and a huge favorite with family and clients alike! The Cream Cheese/Mascarpone Frosting is to die for:) I know it's going to sound odd but give it a try and you'll be delightfully surprised!" NOTE: I (cookfromscratch) tried this recipe yesterday and was sorely disappointed. It was a good recipe, but not lacking the flavor for Red Velvet.It was a lot of trouble for a good chocolate cake. The red color was also lacking, however, I did use natural food color due to allergies. I am going to keep looking. for a natural Red Velvet recipe.
Provided by cook from scratch
Categories Dessert
Time 20m
Yield 1 layer cake, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
- Butter three 9" round cake pans and line them with parchment paper or waxed paper.
- Melt Chocolate in a metal bowl set over a saucepan of boiling water or in the top of a double boiler (or melt in microwave for 20 - 25 seconds).
- Meanwhile. place the sugar, eggs, oil and vanilla in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix on low speed for two minutes.
- In a mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture and continue to mix on low speed, scraping down the sides of the bowl with a spatula so everything is well incorporated.
- Add the melted chocolate to this mixture and continue to mix on low speed. Add the pureed beets and food coloring.
- Continue to mix on low speed until everything is thoroughly combined.
- Evenly divide the batter between the three prepared pans and tap down to remove air bubbles.
- Bake in the middle of the oven for 20 - 25 minutes or until center of cake springs back when touched, or when an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove the pans from the oven and transfer to a cooling rack. Let cool for ten minutes in the pans, then turn the layers out onto the rack and let cool completely.
- Icing: Pour cream into a small bowl and whip to soft peaks. Set aside in the refrigerator.
- Place the cream cheese in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment and mix on low speed until it is soft and smooth.
- Add the mascarpone and continue to mix on low speed until the cheeses are well combined.
- Add the vanilla and powdered sugar and mix until everything is just combined.
- Turn off the mixer and fold in the whipped cream by hand with a spatula.
- Keep refrigerated until ready to assemble.
- Chef's note: Sliced canned beets are easier to work with in this recipe than whole beets.
- Original Poster's note - This cake works well as a wedding cake but use a cream cheese/buttercream as the icing noted here will not harden.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1225.5, Fat 85.8, SaturatedFat 31.5, Cholesterol 221.4, Sodium 790.9, Carbohydrate 109.3, Fiber 4.1, Sugar 78.4, Protein 12.3
WALDORF ASTORIA RED CAKE & WALDORF ICING
This recipe was my mother's. SUPPOSEDLY, this is the original of what would become known as the "Red Velvet Cake". As the story was told, this recipe was created by the Waldorf Astoria's baking Chef for the opening of the Waldorf or very shortly thereafter. Now whether this is true history or not is not for me to say because I...
Provided by Billie Neal
Categories Cakes
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- 1. "WALDORF ASTORIA RED CAKE" Cream shortening, sugar and eggs.
- 2. Make a paste of cocoa and cake coloring and add to mixture.
- 3. Add vanilla and buttermilk alternately with flour and salt, beating after each addition.
- 4. Mix soda and vinegar and blend into mixture.
- 5. Bake 25 to 35 minutes at 350 degrees.
- 6. "WALDORF ICING" Cook milk and flour until thick, let cool.
- 7. Cream well, butter and sugar, beat until butter turns white.
- 8. Add vanilla and cool mixture.
- 9. Beat till fluffy like whipped cream.
WALDORF-ASTORIA CHOCOLATE CAKE
As a child, my mother told me that this was considered to be JFK's favorite cake recipe. I know it became my choice for birthday cake every year. Today I substitute Splenda blend for the sugar and double sift the dry ingredients to make it fluffy. You cannot further reduce calories by using any of the light mayonnaises. if you do not have or like miracle whip, you can substitute regular mayonnaise with no change in quality.
Provided by Patti McD
Categories Dessert
Time 1h5m
Yield 1 loaf, 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- sift dry ingredients together into a large mixing bowl.
- Add moist ingredients and mix until well blended.
- Pour into a well-greased loaf pan.
- Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
- if you double, bake in well-greased bundt pan for 90 minutes. Allow to cool in pan before turning out or top will separate from the cake.
- Dust with powdered sugar bfore serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 148, Fat 0.4, Sodium 158.2, Carbohydrate 33.6, Fiber 0.9, Sugar 16.8, Protein 2.5
Tips:
- Use the best quality cocoa powder you can find. A good cocoa powder will have a deep, rich flavor and will help to give the cake its signature red color.
- Don't overbeat the batter. Overbeating can make the cake tough and dense. Mix the ingredients together just until they are combined.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven. This will help to ensure that the cake bakes evenly.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting it. This will help to prevent the frosting from melting and sliding off the cake.
- Use a cooked icing. A cooked icing is more stable than an uncooked icing and will hold up better on the cake.
- Decorate the cake with your favorite toppings. Some popular toppings for red velvet cake include cream cheese frosting, chocolate chips, and sprinkles.
Conclusion:
Waldorf Astoria's Original Red Velvet Cake with Cooked Icing is a classic recipe that is sure to impress your friends and family. With its moist, tender crumb and rich, velvety frosting, this cake is perfect for any special occasion. So next time you're looking for a delicious and decadent dessert, give this recipe a try. You won't be disappointed!
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