Authentic Red Velvet Cake without artificial food color. This is the one you’ve been dreaming about!
Make sure to religiously follow each required ingredient to achieve best result.
INGREDIENTS
Cake
1 1/2 cup unbleached flour (it has to be unbleached)
Pinch of salt
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp natural cocoa powder (don’t use dutch processed – non alkalized)
3/4 cup reduced beet juice (made from approximately 6 beets). Don’t use beets from a can or industrialized beet juice because it doesn’t contain enough betanin to color your cake.
1 tsp rice vinegar (you can use other vinegars)
1 tbsp lemon juice
100g unsalted butter at room temperature (8 tablespoons)
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup buttermilk
Frosting
All ingredients must be at room temperature.
110g cream cheese (4oz)
110 grams goat cheese (chèvre- 4oz)
5 tbsp unsalted butter
2 cups confectioner’s sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Mixed red fruits to decorate such as raspberries, blackberries and blueberries. (optional)
DIRECTIONS
1- Preheat oven at 350F.
2- Juice the beets in a juicer and pour it in a small saucepan. You can also use a food processor instead and puree it with 2 cups of water and sift it. Over medium heat reduce the beet juice to 3/4 of a cup. Let it cool and add vinegar and lemon.
3- In a bowl add flour, salt, baking powder and cocoa powder. Reserve.
4- In a mixer or using a whisk cream the butter with sugar until pale yellow. Add eggs (one at a time), vanilla and buttermilk. As soon as the buttermilk goes on stop whisking it. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and stir well.
5- Add the beet juice with the acids and stir it to combine.
6- Butter and flour a 9″ baking pan or three 5″ mini pans.
7- Pour batter over it and bake it for approximately 35 minutes in the middle rack or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the middle of the cake.
8- To make the frosting add all the ingredients together and whisk it for 5 minutes until very fluffy and combined (in a mixer or by hand).
9- Let the cake cool completely before frosting otherwise the cheeses will melt. Serve it with red fruits on top! Enjoy!
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