It’s only just two days to Christmas. People are making efforts to make their Christmas really special. It is a customary to bake cake on Christmas eve at homes. As this is one of the most awaited festivals of the year so it’s important to bake special cake for this. Well… Red Velvet Cake is a wonderful dessert one can try this year. Follow the given cake recipe and please your family and friends.
Ingredients
For cake
1/2 cup shortening (melted or softened cream), 1 and 1/2 cups white sugar, 2 eggs, 2 tbsp cocoa, 4 tbsp red food coloring, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 1 cup buttermilk, 2 and 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour, 1 and 1/2 tsp baking soda, 1 tbsp distilled white vinegar
For Icing
5 tbsp all-purpose flour, 1 cup milk, 1 cup white sugar, 1 tsp vanilla extract and 1 cup butter
How to make
To make this cake, first preheat oven to 350 degrees F or 175 degrees C. Now, take a two 9-inch round pans and grease. Now, beat shortening and add sugar and continue beating until the mix becomes light and fluffy. After this, add eggs and beat again. Now, the next step is making paste of cocoa and red food coloring. Now add this to creamed mixture. Add the flour to the creamed mixture and gently mix it.
Now, mix salt, 1 tsp vanilla and buttermilk together in a bowl. Now, gently mix buttermilk mixture in the cake batter. Now, add soda and vinegar in the cake batter and gently mix it.
Now, pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Cool cakes completely on wire rack.
Icing
Heat flour and milk over low flame till it gets thick. Let it cool completely. Now, beat 1 cup sugar, butter and 1 tsp vanilla essence until it gets light and fluffy. Add cooled flour mixture and beat until frosting is a good spreading consistency.
Now, take both the baked cakes. Put one cake and spread the icing on it. Then put other cake and spread the icing well on it covering the sides of cake well. Frost cake and decorate it as per your wish.
