Red Velvet Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting

Before I made this recently I had completely forgotten about how much I love Red Velvet Cake. The texture is so soft and well, velvety and the colour is always so enticing. The cake is not overly-sweet but the cocoa powder creates a wonderful hint of chocolate.
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Because there are only two of us at home – although I love the idea of eating half of a huge cake, my health-conscience feels very different – I only made half a cake. I made the batter using the measurements below, but only poured it into one cake tin. I cut the cake in half vertically and layered it. I’m sure cutting the cake horizontally and layering it that way would work, too, but I’m just not that confident with my cake-cutting abilities and less-than-razor-sharp knives.
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Traditionally, Red Velvet Cake is topped with delicious Cream Cheese Frosting, but if any of you guys remember my rant from last week you could probably have guessed that wasn’t going to happen. Fortunately, I can make whipped cream frosting without any problems, so I thought it would make a good substitute – it’s wonderfully light and white just like Cream Cheese Frosting.
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Not that I’m making excuses, but my Official Treat Taster says he prefers Whipped Cream Frosting to Cream Cheese Frosting anyway. But looking back at my attempts at making Cream Cheese Frosting... I can’t blame him!
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Red Velvet Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting
Ingredients
Cake
125g sifted cake flour
ΒΌ teaspoon baking powder
ΒΌ teaspoon salt
10g cocoa powder
57g unsalted butter, at room temperature
150g granulated white sugar
1 egg
Β½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
120 ml buttermilk
1 tablespoon liquid red food colouring
Β½ teaspoon white distilled vinegar
Β½ teaspoon baking soda
Whipped Cream frosting from Joy of Baking
120ml double cream
Β½tsp vanilla extract
1tbsp sugar
Recipe
1.Β Preheat oven to 175C/350F and grease a round cake tin. In a bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder.
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2.Β In another bowl, beat the butter until soft then add the sugar and whisk until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat until combined.
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3.Β Separately, whisk the buttermilk with the red food colouring.
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4.Β Add half of the flour mix to the butter and sugar, followed by all of the buttermilk then the rest of the flour mix and fold together until just incorporated – do not over-mix!
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5.Β In a small bowl combine the vinegar and baking soda. Allow the mixture to fizz before quickly fold into the cake batter.
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6.Β Pour the batter into the cake tin and bake for approximately 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cupcakes comes out clean. When ready, remove the cake from the oven and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.Β 
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7.Β Whilst the cake is baking, make the whipped cream frosting. Pour the milk, vanilla extract and sugar into a bowl and place in the freezer along with the whisk you’re planning on using to whip. This may sound strange, but the cooler your ingredients and equipment are, the more voluminous your frosting will be.
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8.Β After about 10 minutes, remove from the freezer and whip whip whip until you have a suitably thick frosting for coating your cake. Make sure your cake is completely cooled before you go anywhere near it with your frosting. You can pipe your frosting on, or just spread it with a blunt knife like I did.

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  1. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust

    Beautiful cake! I love red velvet. YUM!

  2. Winnie

    Very beautiful and very delicious looking cake
    Wonderful photo btw

  3. AndiWinslow

    I made red velvet cake this year for the first time. I loved it. The recipe I used asked for brown sugar which is a little different. nice post and i would like a piece......andi

    • Nicola

      I've never made it with brown sugar - it probably makes it even more velvety. Yum!

  4. Amy

    very beautiful cake & looks yummy!!I love to try a red velvet cake at home & glad to find this recipe with ingredients for bit smaller cake.
    Thanks for linking with Midweek Fiesta, Hope to see you again

    • Nicola

      Thanks! I always find regular-sized cakes are far too big for us and if I freeze it, I just end up with a freezer full of cake with no room for any 'real' food!

  5. Lizzy

    Oh, yum! This is one of my daughter's favorites...and my youngest does not like cream cheese icing. I think you've created a winner for my family!

    • Nicola

      Whipped cream frosting is a really good substitute and it works really well with the cake!

  6. Pat's Pink Apron

    Yummy,good....
    Love to have a piece.
    Pat

  7. Taylor

    This looks yummy! And you are a person after my own heart, my favorite color is PINK! πŸ™‚ I love your blog name and colors. πŸ˜‰

    • Nicola

      Thanks for the invite! I've added my cake and added you onto my link party page. πŸ™‚

  8. AudreyN

    This looks so good! I can't wait to try it out πŸ™‚

  9. Mari

    Found you on Wed roundup!!! Love Red Velvet must try and following via email πŸ™‚

  10. Falina Ali

    Very interesting and thanks for the ingredients for a small cake as there are only two of us at home and I first need to try it out before I share it with my friends. I prefer the heavy cream frosting.

    Rgds
    Falina

  11. Jade

    Lovely post, please what can I substitute with buttermilk it isn’t very easy to find?

    • Nicola

      Thanks so much, Jade!
      You can make your own buttermilk for this recipe.
      Add 15ml of lemon juice to 105ml of milk. Leave to sit for 10 minutes then use in the recipe as if it was the 120ml buttermilk.

      • Jade

        Oh okay Thank you so much ☺️

        • Nicola

          No problem at all, Jade. Happy to help!

  12. israr Ahmed

    Hi

    what size egg did you use was it a large egg or normal size.

    thanks

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