Red Velvet Cake (Hummingbird Bakery).
To make Red Velvet Cake (Hummingbird Bakery) you need 11 ingredients and just 23 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients
- It's of butter.
- Prepare of caster sugar.
- You need of egg.
- Prepare of cocoa powder.
- Prepare of millimeter red food colouring.
- You need of vanilla extract.
- Prepare of millimeter buttermilk.
- You need of plain flour.
- Prepare of salt.
- You need of bicarbonate of soda.
- It's 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.