Here are the ingredients
Not sure? How about this:
Still can't guess?? Okay fine, I'll tell you
Red Velvet Cake. Yum!
And here's the recipe:
Sift together 2.5 cups of flour, 2Tbs Cocoa, 1/2 tsp salt. It will look like this:
Next, beat 1/2 cup butter until soft. Beat in 1.5 cups of white sugar.
(or if you're like me, and forget and only add 1/2 cup I'm writing this while it's baking, we'll see how it tastes...!)
Now add 2 eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Scrape the sides down and add 1 tsp vanilla extract.
In a measuring cup, whisk together 2 Tbs red food coloring with 1 cup buttermilk
Add the half the flour mixture to the butter mixture. Add all the buttermilk, then add remaining flour mixture.
In a small bowl, mix together 1 tsp vinegar with 1 tsp baking soda. Allow to fizz and then quickly fold in to batter. Pour in to baking vessel and bake for 20 mins at 350 degrees F
or until toothpick comes out clean.
Elsie P
PS - If I was going to make this recipe again, which I will, I would double the cocoa, add the food coloring with eggs and vanilla. I liked the taste the reduced sugar gave, so in doubling the cocoa, I would likely bump the sugar up to 3/4 cup.
"Baking vessel" -- LMAO.
ReplyDeleteAlso, that looks distinctly PEEENK!
You're very right! They do look pink. AND they should be a deep velvet color. I picked out the good ones here, but in some of them, they are a marbled cocoa-pink. NOT hot, contrary to popular belief. I should have added that in my amendments, more food coloring. DOUBLE the food coloring and I think added at the butter/eggs stage, it would be more evenly incorporated.
ReplyDeleteI chose baking vessel 'cause the recipes always say make this in a round pan, etc etc and I usually make mini loaves or cupcakes or sheet cake so ... baking vessel.