Recipe: Yummy The proper Red Velvet Cake

The proper Red Velvet Cake.

You can cook The proper Red Velvet Cake using 21 ingredients and 23 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of The proper Red Velvet Cake

1. It's of Cake.
2. It's of flour.
3. You need of cocoa powder.
4. Prepare of salt.
5. Prepare of baking powder.
6. It's of vanilla extract.
7. Prepare of unsalted butter.
8. Prepare of sugar.
9. You need of eggs.
10. It's of Buttermilk.
11. You need of beet puree.
12. It's of orange juice.
13. You need of White wine vinegar.
14. Prepare of red food colourant.
15. It's of Beet Puree.
16. It's of beetroots.
17. You need of Cream cheese frosting.
18. You need of Cream cheese (room temp).
19. You need of unsalted butter.
20. Prepare of confectioners sugar.
21. Prepare of milk.

The proper Red Velvet Cake step by step

1. For the beet puree:.
2. Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F.
3. If beet still have leaves, slice then off at the base.
4. Wash the beets and wrap in aluminum foil (font dry, the water helps them cook).
5. Place foil wrapped beets in the oven and bake for 40-60 mins.
6. Remove from oven and let them cool.
7. Peel off the skins (leaving them on gives the cake a more earthy taste) and chop into chunks.
8. Puree the beets with a blender or food processor until nice and smooth.
9. For the cake:.
10. Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F.
11. In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder.
12. In another bowl, whisk together the milk, beet puree (1cup), orange juice and vinegar.
13. Cream together the butter sugar and vanilla.
14. Add eggs, one at a time, to the butter mixture, beating well after each additional.
15. Add a third of the liquid ingredients, then a third of the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, alternating between wet and dry and mixing well after each additiin.
16. Pour into prepared pans (can fill 2 22cm/9" round pans).
17. Bake for 30 minutes or till a toothpick comes out clean and tops look firm.
18. Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes.
19. Remove from pans and allow to cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
20. For the frosting:.
21. Whip cream cheese and butter till soft.
22. Slowly add the sugar.
23. Add milk if necessary to achieve desired consistency.