Kahlua red velvet cake

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Permalink Reply by Patricia Soto on March 14, 2011 at 10:42pm

Hi..   Kahlua is made out of Coffee beans and sweet vanilla and then rum. Keep out the rum ofcourse.. So I think a red velvet cake would come out tasting like a mocha cake.. That is if you use chocolate in your red velvet recipe... Good Luck...

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Permalink Reply by Annie Whitton on January 7, 2013 at 9:30pm

kahlua taste like coffee so what about a coffee essence

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Permalink Reply by jeri c on January 19, 2013 at 4:29pm

I see this post is old but one suggestion is to sub the water in the recipe out for Kahlua.  I make a Kahlua cake all the time and that is what I do.  If you do not want the real strong Kahlua taste just use less Kahlua and top it off with water to make the right liquid amount in your recipe. 

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Permalink Reply by Cyn on January 25, 2013 at 10:56pm

I have used a Kahlua simple syrup to drizzle my layers for this type of cake.  It's easy enough to make and boils the alcohol out of it. I imagine the baking would boil it out of the cake if you just add it to the batter.  My Southern Comfort Red Velvet has 1/2 c Southern Comfort in it, but you can't taste anything alcohol in the finished cake.

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Permalink Reply by June Kowalczyk on January 26, 2013 at 12:03am

Kahlua is a coffee flavored liqueur.  So perhaps adding just strong coffee.  :o)

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Permalink Reply by Cyn on January 26, 2013 at 11:01pm

That works, too--just substitute the same amount of coffee for the Kahlua.

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Permalink Reply by jeri c on January 27, 2013 at 12:45am

When I make my Kahlua Fudge cake you can taste the liquor in it and that is what people like about it.  I add espresso powder to it along with the Kahlua.  If someone likes Kahlua they will want the alcohol flavor with it.  Without it, you are making a mocha or espresso flavored cake. 

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