I made this cake for my hubby's b'day in June last year. I have never tried a cake of this level... with frosting and everything. Instead of the usual cakes I wanted to try something new. I decided on a 2 cakes- one on top of another and red velvet cake. I used a heart shaped pan and a round pan.
Please don't mind the juvenile looking frosting. It is my first attempt.
Cake: Recipe taken from here
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 cups of sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 1/2 tbsp liquid red food coloring
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp cider vinegar
Method:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and lightly flour 2 or 3 round 9" cake pans.
- Sift flour and salt together, set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the butter and sugar. Mix until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time. Mix well after each addition.
- Add the flour mixture to the bowl alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. - - Blend in vanilla.
- In a small bowl, mix the 1 1/2 tbsp red food coloring and 1 tbsp cocoa powder until a paste forms. Add to the sugar and butter mixture. Mix well.
- In a small bowl or condiment cup, stir together the baking soda and cider vinegar. This will foam and should be put into the batter immediately after well mixed. After adding the foam mixture, blend on medium-high speed until batter is consistent.
- Spoon batter evenly into pans - batter will be very thick! Level top of batter with an offset spatula. Bake for 25-30 minutes.2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
2 cups of sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 eggs
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 1/2 tbsp liquid red food coloring
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp cider vinegar
Method:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and lightly flour 2 or 3 round 9" cake pans.
- Sift flour and salt together, set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the butter and sugar. Mix until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at a time. Mix well after each addition.
- Add the flour mixture to the bowl alternately with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. - - Blend in vanilla.
- In a small bowl, mix the 1 1/2 tbsp red food coloring and 1 tbsp cocoa powder until a paste forms. Add to the sugar and butter mixture. Mix well.
- In a small bowl or condiment cup, stir together the baking soda and cider vinegar. This will foam and should be put into the batter immediately after well mixed. After adding the foam mixture, blend on medium-high speed until batter is consistent.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 1 - 8 ounce (227 grams) cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 - 8 ounce (227 grams) tub of Mascarpone cheese, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup (115 grams) confectioners' (icing or powdered) sugar, sifted
- 1 1/2 (360 ml) cups cold heavy whipping cream (double cream)
METHOD...
- In the bowl of your electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, beat the cream cheese and mascarpone cheese until smooth.
-Add the vanilla and confectioners sugar and beat until smooth.
-Using the whisk attachment, gradually add the heavy cream and whip until the frosting is thick enough to spread. Add more sugar or cream as needed to get the right consistency.
-Add the vanilla and confectioners sugar and beat until smooth.
-Using the whisk attachment, gradually add the heavy cream and whip until the frosting is thick enough to spread. Add more sugar or cream as needed to get the right consistency.
The cream cheese frosting was perfect for it since the cake was sweet and the cheesy, not so sweet frosting balanced that. A regular frosting would be a bad idea with this.
I used red readymade icing (or is it marzipan) in a tube for the decorations. Too tacky, I know. I do not like marzipan and will avoid it in the future.
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