Red Velvet Cake

INGREDIENTS

• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 6 tablespoons of cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon of baking soda
• ½ tablespoon of salt
• 1 cup of buttermilk
• ½ tablespoon of vinegar
• 200g of unsalted butter
• 2 cups of sugar
• 1 tablespoon of vanilla essence
• 4 eggs
• 1/4 cup of fresh cream
• 1½ tablespoons of red food color

STEPS

1. Preheat the oven to 180.
2. Grease two 8” round cake tin with butter and keep it ready.
3. In a deep bowl, sift together all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
4. In another bowl, combine buttermilk and vinegar and keep it ready.
5. In another bowl, cream together butter and sugar till creamy.
6. To this add vanilla essence and eggs (one at a time) and beat till combined, scraping the sides of the bowl occasionally.
7. Add the cream to this mixture and combine well.
8. Add the flour mixture and buttermilk to this mixture little by little and stir till combined.
9. Now add the red food color and combine evenly.
10. Pour this batter into the prepared cake tin and bake for about 35 – 40 minutes or till ready. To check if it’s ready, insert a toothpick, if it comes clean it’s ready and If it comes out wet, put the cake back in the oven for more minutes.
11. Remove it from the oven and leave in tins to cool at room temperature for about 20 minutes.
12. Remove the cakes from the tin carefully and cool it over a wire rack.
13. Ready to ice and enjoy!