Heart shaped Red Velvet Cake With Chesse Cream Frosting
( Step Wise Pictures)
Specialty of the cake is that red color and the texture because of Butter Milk. Just add correct quantity of ingredients. That would be fine.
Ingredients:
Dry Ingredients:
All Purpose Flour ( Maida) -
1 cup
Powdered Sugar -
¾ cup
Cocoa Powder - Little less than ½ tbsp
Baking Soda -
a pinch
Salt -
a pinch
Wet Ingredients:
Butter -
Little less than 1/3 cup
Butter Milk -
Little less than 1/3 cup
Egg -1
Vannila Essence -
Little less than ½ tsp
Vinegar -
Little less than ½ tbsp
Red Food Color -
¾ tbsp
For Frosting:
Cream Cheese - 200 gm
Butter - Little less than 1/2 cup
Powdered sugar - 2 cups
Things Needed:
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For Sponge:
- Sieve well maida, cocoa powder, salt n baking soda.
- Mix cocoa powder and red color. Mix well so that there is no lumps. This is done for even distribution of red color in cake. keep it aside ( picture 1)
- Beat butter in a deep pan. once it gets fluffy add sugar.
- Beat in a egg.
- Add vannila extract
- To the above, add dry ingredients which we have sieved before in small quantities.
- Add butter milk and Vinegar. Beat it well. The batter will be thick only..
- Grease the cake pan.
- Pour the batter and bake in the preheated convection oven for 180 degree celsius.. ( picture 2)
- .Bake for 15 - 20 minutes Insert a toothpick in the cake. If it comes out clearly (i.e no wet pieces of cake should come with it) , you can take the cake from oven.. Let it cool ( picture 3)
- If you have heart shaped cake mould. then no problem. or else follow the link here
- Place the cake in a plate. Cut the cake into layers horizontally. Rotating the plate while cutting helps in correct partitioning of cake.
For Frosting:
- Beat cream cheese, butter and sugar together.
- Keep the vessel in which you are going to whip the cream in a pot of ice and start whisking the cream.
- Keep on whisking till the whipping cream reaches its consistency. Whipping cream shouldn't fall down from the spoon in which you are taking it out. That is the consistency.
Assembling:
- Take a plate in which you are going to serve cake. Add whipping cream to the center. Place the bottom sponge layer to it. This is done to prevent the cake from moving
- Spread a ½ inch layer of whipping cream to it. ( picture 4)
- Now the next layer, keep it upside down and then spread another big dollop of cream and then spread it on top as well on sides. Then make it smooth! ( picture 5)
- Now sprinkle the crumbs from the left over cake. ( picture 6)
- Refrigerate for some time.
- Cake is ready to serve
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