Red Velvet Cake

                                                            Red velvet cake

I have always been fascinated by the deep red color of the Red Velvet Cake. Combined with the white satin icing it presents a delightful picture. I have combined the cake with a whip cream icing. The recipe is very easy to make and  I recommend that you should absolutely try it out.

Red Velvet Cake
Ingredients
 2 ½ cups flour
½ tsp salt
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1 cup buttermilk
2 tbsp red color
½ cup unsalted butter
1 ½ cup granulated white sugar
1 tbsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vinegar

Heat the oven to 180 degree Celsius.

Sieve together flour, salt and cocoa powder. The recipe calls for unsalted butter which I can’t find easily. So I use Amul butter and omit the salt.



 Mix together the buttermilk and red color.

If you don’t have buttermilk readily available you can use half curd and half water. Mix the two well and use instead of buttermilk.




Beat the butter until smooth.

Add the sugar and vanilla essence. Add eggs one at a time. Now add the flour and buutermilk alternately. First add half the flour and then half the buttermilk. Then repeat the same.
Mix together vinegar and baking soda. As soon as it starts foaming add it to the cake batter. This will help the cake become soft and fluffy.
Bake at 180 for about 35-40 minutes. Again, according to your oven temperature you might have to add a little more baking time.


Whip Cream Icing 

120 gm butter
200 gm icing sugar
1/3 cup whipping  cream
1 tsp vanilla

Beat the butter till soft and creamy. Add the sugar a little at a time. Keep your mixer on low speed otherwise you will have sugar flying all over the place. Once all the sugar is incorporated add the vanilla essence and put the mixer on high speed. Keep mixing for about 3-4 minutes till you get a smooth creamy mixture.

Assembling the Cake

Cut the cake into half. You can use a knife or thread. Spoon the icing onto the first layer of the cake.


 Put the next layer 

on top.

Now cover the whole cake with the icing. It will seem like a sloppy job at first but with a little patience and perseverance the icing will hold and the cake will get a smooth finish.

I don't feel like wasting the left over icing. So I add a drop of red color to it and use it for piping designs on the cake. The baby pink color looks delightful.