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Blue Velvet Cake is a fun variation of the classic red velvet cake. A moist three layer cake topped with vanilla buttercream and rich chocolate ganache.
Layered Blue Velvet Cake Recipe
This blue velvet cake is bold and beautiful for any party or gathering. There seem to be a lot of “steps” with making this cake recipe, but overall this is very simple to make. The blue in this cake gives a beautiful contrast to the white frosting to make a gorgeous presentation.
You will also love our Red Velvet Cake and Lemon Velvet Cake recipes.
Ingredients Needed
- Dry ingredients: all-purpose flour, granulated sugar and baking powder.
- Wet ingredients: whole milk, vanilla extract, butter, and egg whites.
- Frosting: powdered sugar, butter, blue food coloring and vanilla.
- Chocolate Ganache: semi-sweet chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream.
How To Make A Blue Velvet Cake
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- The Cake: Mix together the cake ingredients and bake for 23 minutes. Cool before frosting.
- Frosting: Combine the frosting ingredients tinting a portion of the frosting blue for decorating. Frost in between layers and on the outside of the cake.
- Ganache: melt the chocolate and combine with the heavy cream over medium heat until smooth.
- Decorating: Spread and drizzle the ganache around the top and sides of the frosted cake. Pipe blue tinted frosting on top.
Storing
Cover the cake in an airtight container or cover in plastic wrap. Place into the fridge over night before cutting into slices.
Tips & Variations
- Decorating: having a cake stand that spins really helps with decorating.
- The Cake: if you want to speed things up, try a white cake mix.
- Frosting: feel free to switch up the vanilla buttercream with cream cheese frosting.
- Blue Coloring: I used a sky blue, but a royal blue would also be nice along with any blue hue varieties. Blue gel or a blue paste food color works best.
More Layered Cake Recipes
- Classic Vanilla Cake
- Best Carrot Cake
- Lemon Blueberry Cake
- Chocolate Raspberry Cake
- Strawberry Crunch Cake
Blue Velvet Cake
Blue Velvet Cake is a fun variation of the classic red velvet cake. A moist three layer cake topped with vanilla buttercream and rich chocolate ganache.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
White Cake
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- 5 large egg whites
- 3-5 drops of Sky Blue gel food coloring
Vanilla Buttercream
- 3 cups unsalted butter softened
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 5-6 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
- Sky blue gel food coloring
Chocolate Ganache
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray all three 8" cake pans with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the milk and vanilla and set aside.
- Using a standing mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and baking powder.
- Alternating between the milk and dry ingredients, gradually pour into the butter mixture. Mixing on low to medium speed until combined.
- Using another large metal mixing bowl and a hand mixer, beat the eggs until stiff peaks form.
- Fold into the cake batter. Mix in the sky blue gel food coloring until combined. Divide the batter evenly between the three cake pans.
- Bake in the oven for 23-26 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean in the center. Allow the cakes to cool completely before removing from cake pans.
- Place the cakes onto a cutting board. Using a cake slicer, remove the domes from the cakes. Place one layer of cake onto the cake board.
Frosting
- Using a standing mixer, beat all ingredients together until stiff peaks form. About 5-7 minutes.
- Spread 1 cup of frosting onto the first layer and smooth out with a angled spatula. Place the second layer of cake onto the first layer of frosting.
- Add another cup of frosting onto the second layer of cake and smooth with evenly. Place the remaining layer on top of the cake.
- Spread about 2 cups of frosting onto the cake and frost the entire cake.
- Mix in the sky blue gel food coloring into the remaining frosting.
- Scoop about ½ cup of the sky blue frosting into the piping bag.
- Add remaining frosting into the large piping bag with star tip.
- Pipe lines of the blue color onto the entire cake using the disposable piping bag smooth evenly so that the colors blend.
Ganache Directions
- Using a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream over medium to high heat until slightly simmering. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl.
- Allow to sit for 1 minute before whisking until smooth. Pour into a squeeze bottle.
Decorating
- Drizzle the chocolate ganache around the edge of the cake.
- Using the large piping bag with a star tip, pipe dollops of frosting around the top of the cake.
- Place into the fridge over night before cutting into slices and enjoying with a large glass of coffee or milk.
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Serving: 12g | Calories: 1097kcal | Carbohydrates: 120g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 183mg | Sodium: 42mg | Potassium: 312mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 96g | Vitamin A: 2127IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 102mg | Iron: 3mg
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5 comments on “Blue Velvet Cake”
What size cake pans please?
We used 9″ cake pans.
I’m making an info report on this in school
How could I make the blue velvet cake into a 9×13 cake pan?
I was wondering if you could show a picture of this step? (Pipe lines of the blue color onto the entire cake using the disposable piping bag smooth evenly so that the colors blend.)