Red Velvet Cake

21 Oct 2012 - Red velvet Cake with Ermine Frosting

Red Velvet Cake (recipe from Diva's can Cook) with Ermine Frosting (recipe from Culinary Alchemist) {..^^..} moist chocolate cake with light fluffy icing...yummy...
(note to myself: next time use white butter :p)


Red Velvet Cake
a 9 inch cake

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp of baking soda
1 tsp of baking powder
1 tsp of salt
2 Tbsp unsweetened, cocoa powder
2 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil or canola
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk (1 cup milk + 1 tsp vinegar)
2 tsp of vanilla extract
1-2 oz. red food coloring, depends how deep you want the color
1 tsp of white distilled vinegar
½ cup of prepared plain hot coffee (don't skip this ingredient)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 163 degree Celsius. Generously grease and flour two round, 9 inch cake pans with shortening and flour.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, cocoa powder and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, combine the sugar and vegetable oil.
4. Mix in the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and red food coloring until combined.
5. Stir in the coffee and white vinegar.
6. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients a little at time, mixing after each addition, just until combined.
7. Pour the batter evenly into each pan.
8. Bake in the middle rack for 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Do not over bake as cake will continue to cook as it cools.
9. Let pans cool on a cooling rack until the pans are warm to the touch.
10. Slide a knife or offset spatula around the inside of the pans to loosen the cake from the pan.
11. Remove the cakes from the pan and let them cool.
12. Frost the cake when the cakes have cooled completely.

Ermine Frosting

1 cup Whole Milk
3-6 Tbsp All-Purpose Flour
Pinch of Kosher Salt
1 cup unsalted Butter
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1 tsp Vanilla

Cook milk and flour until thickened, add salt. Cool.
Creamed butter and sugar, add in vanilla. Add 1 Tbsp cooked flour at a time, mix at medium speed. Slowly the gluten will pull in the butter into a pseudo emulsion.

18 June 2013 - Red Velvet Cake with Ermine (Cooked Flour) Frosting
For my (other) co-worker birthday gift ^0^