RED VELVET SOUR CREAM BUNDT CAKE

We just took down our Christmas decorations this week. It was so sad! My kids literally followed me around the house and said,

“Wait. We have to put those away too??”

“But when will our stockings come back?”

“I already miss our Christmas tree!”

And seriously, I couldn’t blame them. You know why taking down Christmas decorations is so depressing? Because it just reminds you that all that stands between you and the next enjoyable time of year (summer!) is the long stretching endless winter. Life in the midwest is hard, peeps.

So the best thing to do? Embrace the next holiday!

When I was little, my mom didn’t really decorate for any holiday but Christmas, so this decorating for Valentine’s Day thing feels weird to me, but when I said to my kids, “It’s okay that we are putting the stockings away! I have a heart banner!” all suddenly seemed right in the world.

The other thing we’re doing? Valentine’s Day baking! And to do some amazing Valentine’s Day baking I grabbed some Horizon Sour Cream. You guys already know how much I love Horizon. We are slightly addicted to their Mac N Cheese, and we love their milk too! And their sour cream is totally perfect in this cake! It makes it so amazingly moist!

Ingredients

For Cake
3 cups cake flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
2 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs room temperature
2 yolks room temperature
1 cup Horizon sour cream room temperature
1 cup buttermilk room temperature
2 tsps vanilla extract
1 TBSP white vinegar
1 ounce red food coloring
For Frosting
4 oz cream cheese room temperature
2 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup buttermilk room temperature

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and coat a bundt pan very generously with butter.
In a large bowl, whisk together the cake flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. Set aside.
Beat together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy, about three minutes. Make sure that you scrape the bowl down so all of the butter gets well combined with the sugar.
Beat in the eggs one at a time. Then add the yolks one at a time.
Beat in the sour cream, scrape down the sides, then beat in the buttermilk.
Then beat in the vinegar, vanilla, and food coloring one at a time.
With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour/cocoa mixture. Beat until just combined. Do not overmix.
Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan . Bake for 55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with clean. Be careful not to overbake.
Let it cool in it's pan for 15 minutes. Use a toothpick to loosen it gently from the sides. Gently flip it onto a cooling rack and let it cool there completely.
While the cake is cooling, beat together the cream cheese, powdered sugar, and buttermilk. Once the cake has cooled, spoon the frosting over it. You may not use all of the frosting.