Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

 As what I shared earlier, this cake was for my hubby's special birthday. I wanted to make something that symbolises love and sincerity and therefore an own made heart-shaped Red Velvet Cake will be nice. Besides that, it tastes fabulous after sandwiched with cream cheese frosting.

I tasted Red Velvet cake for the first time when I was staying in Pullman Hotel, Kuching last year. The moist cake was thinly sliced and layered with tasty cream cheese frosting - I fell in love with it straight away and determined that I will make it one day. I'm so happy that I made this cake and satisfied with the taste. Please ignore the ugly look - it was such a rush to bake & decorate the cake in one afternoon. The cake was sliced while it was warm - it will be more even layers and less crumbly if I could wait until it sets properly but I wanted to make sure I could finish & and hide it before my hubby return from work for a little surprise.

By: Roz@HomeKreation
Source: CT Delima, besan Hana, Joy of Baking
Recipe is simplified/retyped for my own ease of reference
Size: 9" heart shape
INGREDIENTS:
250g Cake Flour (I used HongKong Fl)*
½ tsp Salt*
15g Cocoa Powder* (* sifted) 
113g Unsalted Butter
220g Sugar (original recipe 300g) 
2 Large Egg
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
240ml Buttermilk** (Milk + 1 tbsp Vinegar & stand 10 minutes before used) 
1 tbsp Red Coloring** (** combined) 
1 tsp White Vinegar 1 tsp Baking Soda

METHOD:
1.  Beat butter & sugar until fluffy.
Add in egg, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add in vanilla essence and beat until combined.
Add in flour mixture* and buttermilk** alternately, in three additions - beginning and ending with the flour.

2. In a small cup combine the vinegar and baking soda. Allow the mixture to fizz and then quickly fold into the cake batter.

3. Divide the batter evenly between the two prepared pans.
Bake in a preheated oven 180C for approximately 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean.
Cool the cakes completely, wrap in plastic and place the cake layers in the refrigerator for at least an hour or overnight (this is to make filling and frosting the cakes easier).

4. Slice each cake into 2 layers, so 4 layers in total.
Sandwich each layer with cream cheese frosting.
Finally coat all over cake with frosting & deco as you like.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
Source: Roz@HomeKreation
250g Cream Cheese
50g Icing Sugar
200ml Whipping Cream
1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- Beat cream cheese & sugar until smooth.
- Add in VE & mix well.
- Beat whipping cream until stiff & mix well into cream cheese.
- Ready to use as filling / topping.
 

Sandwiching and topping the cake with frosting

 BAHASA MALAYSIA VERSION
Betul kesemua tekaan kekawan kek apa yg Along buatkan untuk hubby's birthday. hehe... sebenarnya Along pun tak confident rupa nya ada cam Red Velvet Cake ke idak.... tangkap gambo memalam gelap tak nampak sangat merah nya.... sebab tu lah saja nak test samada ada rupa red velvet ke idak.... alhamdulillah kalau semua tekaan tu betoi makna nya ada ler rupa red velvet....heheheee... (suka). Maceh pada yg ambil bahagian.... takda adiah apa2 nak kasi... aci tak?

By: AlongRoz@HomeKreation

Source: CT Delima, besan Hana, Joy of Baking 

Ditaip semula dlm BM

Saiz: 9" heart shape

BAHAN2:

250g Tepung Kek / Tepung HongKong*
½ st Garam*
15g Serbuk Koko* (* ayak)
113g Mentega
220g Gula Halus (resepi asal 300g)
2 biji Telur saiz besar
1 st Esen Vanila
240ml Buttermilk** (susu + 1 sb cuka & perap 10min)
1 sb Pewarna merah** (** campur)

1 st Cuka
1 st Soda Bikarbonat

CARA2:

1.  Pukul mentega & gula sehingga kembang.

Masukkan telur satu persatu sehingga sebati.

Masukkan esen vanilla & kacau sebati.

Masukkan campuran tepung* & buttermilk** berselang-seli, di akhiri dgn tepung.

2. Campurkan cuka & baking soda sehingga berbuih.

Segera campurkan ke dlm adunan.

3.  Bahagikan adunan & ratakan ke dlm 2 tin pembakar.

Bakar 180C selama 25 minit atau sehingga masak.

Sejukkan kek di atas radai, balut dgn plastik & sejukkan selama 1 jam atau semalaman supaya mudah di potong dan di sapukan frosting nanti.

4. Potong setiap kek kpd 2 lapisan untuk mendapatkan 4 lapisan.

Lapiskan kek dgn frosting dan sapu frosting selebih nya di keliling kek.

Resepi frosting ni rekaan Aong sendiri mengikut citarasa yg di kehendakki, sila lah cuba kalau berkenan.

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Source: AlongRoz@HomeKreation 

250g Cream Cheese

50g Icing Sugar

200ml Whipping Cream

1 tsp Vanilla Essence

- Pukul cream cheese & gula sehingga lembut.

- Masukkan VE sehingga sebati.

- Pukul cream sehingga kental & campurkan ke dlm adunan tadi.

- Siap untuk di gunakan sebagai lapisan & topping.

The last piece looks brighter color when snapped under day light the next day