* The original photo of this cake that goes along with the recipe used milk chocolate ganache. This one in the photo above uses white chocolate ganache. So whichever you prefer you can use for your recipe.
Ingredients
Red Velvet Cake:
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1-2 oz. red food colouring
- 1 tsp white vinegar
- 1/2 cup prepared plain hot coffee
Chocolate Ganache:
- 1/2 cup double cream
- 50 grams chocolate chips or chopped chocolate
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 300 ml. whipping cream
- 1 1/2 cup cream cheese
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
Red Velvet Cake
1. Preheat oven to 325F. Grease two 9" cake pans and line with parchment paper.
2. In a bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt.
2. In a separate bowl, combine sugar and vegetable oil. Mix in eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and food colouring until well combined. Stir in coffee and vinegar.
3. In a separate mixing bowl, put 1/4 of the dry ingredients and gradually add wet ingredients, altering with the dry and wet ingredients until combined.
4. Equally divide the batter between two prepared pans. Bake for about 30-40 mins or until toothpick comes out clean.
5. Remove cake from oven, and transfer to cooling rack still in the pan. Allow 10 mins to cool and run a knife around the edges to loosen the cake. Peel off parchement paper and let it cool completely.
Chocolate Ganache
1. In a medium sauce pan, heat the double cream just before it comes to a boil. Remove from heat, add chocolate and stir until smooth.
2. Place ganache in fridge to cool and thicken or just until it becomes spreadable.
3. Flip cake layers upside down and spread half of the ganache on each layer. Place in fridge to set.
Cream Cheese Frosting
1. Whip the whipping cream until thick and add in cream cheese and confectioners sugar. Whisk unti combined.
2. Place one cake layer on a plate and frost with 1/2 cup of frosting. Place second layer on top and frost with another 1/2 cup. Use the rest of frosting to frost the whole cake.
3. To decorate, sprinkle shaved white chocolate over the top.
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