Red velvet cake
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Equipment
Baking pan, 24/24 cm or 20/30 cm.
Ingredients
ingredients for red velvet cake
400 g wheat flour - all-purpose (- 2 and 2/3 cups)
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
110 g butter (softened)
240 ml oil
200 g sugar (- 1 cup - if you like sweet cakes, add 1.5 cups)
3 eggs (- size L for me)
240 ml buttermilk (at room temperature)
2 teaspoons vinegar
red food coloring (- I used gel - to achieve color)
ingredients for red velvet cake glaze
150 g powdered sugar (- 1 cup)
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons mascarpone
Instructions
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How to make red velvet cake
1
Sift together flour, baking soda, and unsweetened cocoa through a sieve.
400 g wheat flour - all-purpose, 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa, 1 teaspoon baking soda
2
Cream butter with sugar until fluffy.
110 g butter, 200 g sugar
3
Pour oil into the butter in a thin stream and mix until combined.
240 ml oil
4
Add eggs to the butter and mix briefly.
3 eggs
5
Add flour alternately with buttermilk - mix briefly, add vinegar.
240 ml buttermilk, 2 teaspoons vinegar
6
Add food coloring - preferably gel or powder - and mix.
red food coloring
7
Pour the batter into the pan.
8
Bake at 180 degrees Celsius (top-bottom mode) for approximately 35 minutes - until a dry skewer comes out clean.
9
After baking, let it cool.
How to make red velvet cake glaze
1
In a saucepan, heat butter and mascarpone cheese together.
2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons mascarpone
2
Once melted, add powdered sugar and mix thoroughly.
150 g powdered sugar
3
Pour the glaze over the cake.
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Tips from Beata
Despite the glaze on top, the cake is not overly sweet, so you can add more sugar to it.
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Keywords
#amerykańskie ciasto
#ciasto velvet
