Red Velvet Cake (Hummingbird Bakery).
You can have Red Velvet Cake (Hummingbird Bakery) using 11 ingredients and 23 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Red Velvet Cake (Hummingbird Bakery)
- It's of butter.
- It's of caster sugar.
- You need of egg.
- Prepare of cocoa powder.
- You need of millimeter red food colouring.
- Prepare of vanilla extract.
- It's of millimeter buttermilk.
- It's of plain flour.
- You need of salt.
- Prepare of bicarbonate of soda.
- You need of white wine vinegar.
Red Velvet Cake (Hummingbird Bakery) step by step
- Beat butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy and well mixed.
- Turn mixer up to high speed, slowly add the egg and beat until everything is well incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, red food Colouring and vanilla extract to make a very thick dark paste.
- Add cocoa paste to butter mixture and mix thoroughly until everything is combined and coloured.
- Turn mixture to slow speed and slowly pour in half of the milk, beat until well mixed.
- Add half of the four and mix until well incorporated.
- Repeat the process until all the milk and flour is incorporated.
- Turn mixer up to high speed and beat until smooth even mixture.
- Turn mixer down to low and add the soda and vinegar.
- Beat until well mixed.
- Turn up mixer speed for a few more minutes on high.
- pour into lightly greased 6 inch tin.
- Bake for 40 minutes or until done.
- Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the middle.
- Leave to cool slightly before turing out.
- For the cream cheese frosting.
- 100 grams icing sugar sifted.
- 50 grams unsalted butter at room temp.
- 250 grams cream cheese cold.
- Beat the icing sugar and butter together on medium to slow speed until the mixture comes together and well mixed.
- Add the cream cheese in one go and beat until completely incorporated.
- Turn mixer to med-high speed continue beating until frosting is light and fluffy (at least 5 minutes).
- Do not over beat as mixture becomes runny.