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Red velvet layer cake with cream cheese frosting

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Red velvet layer cake with cream cheese frosting, from the video
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Ingredients
Method
Techniques
  • 25 g cocoa powder
  • 355 g flour
  • 70 g buttermilk
  • ¾ tsp vanilla
  • 405 g sugar
  • 375 g butter
  • 6 whole eggs
  • 2 tsp apple cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 240 g cream cheese
  • 150 g butter
▶ 4:24
Preheat the oven to 176C (348.8F).
Improvising pans and the failed bakeBaking
▶ 5:50
  • 1 tsp salt
Sieve the cocoa powder with the flour and a teaspoon of salt.
Second attempt with a different recipeFolding
▶ 6:10
Beat the sugar and butter until fluffy; add the eggs one at a time.
▶ 6:10
  • red food coloring
Fold in the dry ingredients slowly, alternating with the wet (buttermilk, vanilla, food coloring).
▶ 6:31
Add the apple cider vinegar and baking soda.
Lining the dish and bakingBaking
▶ 6:31
  • butter
  • flour
Grease the sides of the baking dish, dust with a little flour, line the bottom with parchment, and distribute the batter.
▶ 6:56
  • icing sugar
Bake 20 to 25 minutes, until a poked tester comes out clean.
▶ 7:35
For the frosting, sieve the icing sugar; beat the butter and cream cheese, then add the icing sugar a little at a time.
Cream cheese frostingBeating
▶ 8:16
Spread frosting over the bottom layer, add the next layer, and repeat.
Assembling, and frosting that melts
▶ 9:01
If the frosting melts under the weight of the cake, chill the cake in the fridge and firm the frosting in the freezer before continuing.
▶ 9:32
Add the third layer, chill to firm, then frost the outside and refrigerate overnight to set.
▶ 10:15
Grate leftover cake over the top and transfer the cake to a clean plate.