Red velvet cake #theme challenge#red recipe. This Red Velvet cake was definitely not what I expected. It could be that I have no experience with Red Velvet cake but with this recipe the cake was much to heavy. The Icing was bland and honestly tasted like flour.
Nowadays most cocoa powders are alkalized, as in stripped of acid. Look for a non-alkalized one for this old-fashioned recipe. Completing the classic look is a coat of bright white ermine frosting, cooked the old-fashioned way. You can cook Red velvet cake #theme challenge#red recipe using 12 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Red velvet cake #theme challenge#red recipe
- You need 310 g of Flour.
- You need 16 g of Baking Cocoa.
- It's 5 g of Baking soda.
- You need 1 cup of Sour milk.
- You need 2 tsp of 4r red food colour.
- Prepare 1 pinch of salt.
- It's 113 g of margarine.
- Prepare 300 g of sugar.
- Prepare 200 ml of veg oil.
- Prepare 5 ml of white vinegar.
- Prepare 1 bottle of cap vanilla essence.
- Prepare 2 of eggs.
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. This is the recipe to make red velvet cake, i have to say after so many years of baking this is a r star rating. Red Velvet Cake Recipes Don't wait to indulge in a slice of red velvet cake, a homey classic treat that calls to mind Mom's best baking. Try one of these, our most popular red velvet cake recipes.
Red velvet cake #theme challenge#red recipe step by step
- Prepare your baking tins and pre heat your oven at 180 degrees.
- Sieve your flour and cocoa and set aside, cream in margarine and sugar till well combined and creamy, add eggs one at a time as you continue beating,add oil and beat til the oil is Incorporated in to the creamy mixture..
- Add the essence,mix sour milk with the food colour and add to the mixture and mix well, now add in your dry ingredients apart from baking soda little by little as you fold in until well mixed. Lasty mix the vinegar and baking soda and pour it in the mixture and give it a quick mix and pour in your baking tins bake for 30mnts or until inserted tooth pick comes out clean..
- Let it cool and decorate it, I used whipping cream, cut and enjoy.
The "red" makes sense, but what about the "velvet" in this cake's iconic name? Food historians says it was a common description during the Victorian era, when the term described cakes that had an especially soft and "velvety" crumb. From the color to the crumb, this homemade red velvet cake is a dessert classic. A moist, classic Red Velvet Cake!! Made from scratch, and surprisingly easy when a few simple steps are followed - watch how to make it in the recipe video.