This Red Velvet Berry Cake recipe is super moist, pillow-soft and is made with natural red beet juice dye instead of the typical store-bought red food coloring. The naked cake layers are piped with an absolutely creamy and smooth cream cheese frosting and heavily loaded with delicious berries.
The cake looks absolutely stunning! Perfect for parties, anniversaries, or just simply enjoy a slice or two for a tea with a friend. The berry addition in this cake not only adds eye-grabbing beauty but makes it just a bit healthier as well, right?
Since we love chocolate in our family a little too much, I added a bit of extra cocoa powder to this cake as well. For a more reddish color reduce the amount of cocoa powder in half but keep the red beet juice as per the recipe. The cocoa powder is optional, if you don't add any, the cake sponge will result in a dark pink color. Beautiful, with no chemical additives.
I can guarantee that you will absolutely love this cake. As many taste testers as I have, this cake flies off the table literally in minutes. I’m not even exaggerating guys! So, enjoy this chemical-free red velvet cake. 🙂
Table of Contents
I used natural red food coloring obtained from beets. Check out the recipe HERE.
- Organic all-purpose flour
- Cocoa powder
- Baking soda
- Baking powder
- Sea salt
- Eggs (I used home raised chicken eggs)
- Sugar
- Pure vanilla extract
- Cream cheese softened
- Sugar
- Pure vanilla extract
- Greek yogurt
- Heavy whipping cream
You may use berries of your choice.
How to Make Cake Batter
Combine all dry ingredients: flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder, and sift into a bowl and set aside until ready for use.
Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C). Beat together eggs and sugar for 10 minutes on high speed or until the mixture is thick and fluffy. Reduce speed to low and mix in vanilla extract (or add just vanilla right before mixing in the flour).
Add flour mixture in three additions and using hand whisker gently folding from the bottom up just until combined.
Next, add bet juice red dye in 3 additions, and using a silicone spatula folding gently into the batter (try not deflating air bubbles as much as possible).
⏲️ Baking time
Finally, divide batter evenly into 3 – 8” round baking sheets greased with butter or cooking spray (Note: if using baking pans without removable sides you will need to line them with parchment paper on the bottom of the pan only).
Bake all 3 pans at once for 15 minutes at 350 F (180 C). Remove from the oven, cool for 5 minutes before removing cake sponges from baking pans. Cool sponges completely before frosting.
How to Make Cake Frosting
Beat softened cream cheese and sugar together for a couple of minutes on high speed until sugar dissolves.
Next, reduce mixing speed then add vanilla and Greek yogurt. Mix well again. Scrape the sides of the mixer bowl to remove cream cheese lumps.
Finally, add all cold liquid heavy cream then start beating on low speed gradually increase the mixing speed as the cream becomes thicker. Once more, scrape the sides of the mixer bowl to make sure all the ingredients get incorporated and beat again for 30 seconds or so (do not overbeat the cream; it should be thick and pipe easily).
How to Assemble the Cake
Rinse, paper dry berries. Place a cake sponge onto a cake platter of your choice. Pipe cream out on top of the sponge starting on the edge of the cake and working your way towards the middle. Push berries inside the cream. You may use as many berries as you like.
Place another sponge cake on top of cream and berries and repeat the same steps. The top layer needs to be a little more presentable. Layout berries nicely on top of the cream instead of pushing them in. Place half-cut strawberries with stems for a beautiful touch of green.
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Enjoy with a cup of hot tea or coffee.
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Red Velvet Berry Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Cake Batter Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cup (225 g) – organic all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp. – cocoa powder
- 2 tsp. – baking powder
- 1 tsp. – baking soda
- 6 large – eggs
- 1 cup (200g) – organic sugar (or white granulated)
- 1 tsp. – pure vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup (80 ml) – beet juice red dye
Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients
- 8 oz. (227 g) – softened cream cheese
- ½ cup (100 g) - organic sugar (or white granulated)
- 1 tsp. – pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup (142 g) – Greek yogurt
- 2.5 cups (600 ml) – heavy whipping cream (40 %)
Fruits
- Strawberries
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Raspberries
Instructions
How to Make Cake Batter
- Combine all dry ingredients: flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and sift into a bowl and set aside until ready for use.
- Preheat oven to 350 F (180 C). Beat together eggs and sugar for 10 minutes on high speed or until the mixture is thick and fluffy. Reduce speed to low and mix in vanilla extract (or add just vanilla right before mixing in the flour).
- Add flour mixture in three additions and using hand whisker gently folding from the bottom up just until combined.
- Next, add beet juice red dye in 3 additions, and using silicon spatula folding gently into the batter (try not deflating air bubbles as much as possible).
Baking time
- Finally, divide batter evenly into 3 – 8” round baking sheets greased with butter or cooking spray (Note: if using baking pans without removable sides you will need to line them with parchment paper on the bottom of the pan only).
- Bake all 3 pans at ones for 15 minutes at 350 F (180 C). Remove from the oven, cool for 5 minutes before removing cake sponges from baking pans. Cool sponges completely before frosting.
How to Make Cake Frosting
- Beat softened cream cheese and sugar together for a couple of minutes on high speed until sugar dissolves.
- Next, reduce mixing speed then add vanilla and Greek yogurt. Mix well again. Scrape the sides of the mixer bowl to remove cream cheese lumps.
- Finally, add all cold liquid heavy cream then start beating on low speed gradually increase the mixing speed as the cream becomes thicker. Once more, scrape the sides of the mixer bowl to make sure all the ingredients get incorporated and beat again for 30 seconds or so (do not over beat the cream; it should be thick and pipe easily).
How to Assemble the Cake
- Rinse, paper dry berries. Place cake sponge onto a cake platter of your choice. Pipe cream out on top of the sponge starting on the edge of the cake and working your way towards the middle. Push berries inside the cream. You may use as many berries as you like.
- Place another sponge cake on top of cream and berries and repeat the same steps. The top layer needs to be a little more presentable. Layout berries nicely on top of the cream instead of pushing them in. Place half cut strawberries with stems for a beautiful touch of green.
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Tanya says
Can you please share what Wilton tip you used to pipe out the frosting?
Valya of Valya's Taste of Home says
Wilton 199.
lina says
100% would recommend! Best cake I've made from an online website!!! thanks
Valya of Valya's Taste of Home says
I’m so happy to hear you loved the cake! We love it very much too! Thank you kindly for an amazing review! 🙂
Nellie says
Sush a gorgeous cake! I will be making it soon. Thank you for the recipe!
Valya of Valya's Taste of Home says
Thank you! It tastes delicious too! I hope you love it as much as we do. 🙂