How to make a Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet cake is a type of cake that is usually bright-red, dark-red or reddish-brown in colour. It is traditionally prepared as a layer cake and topped with cream cheese or cooked Roux icing (this is also known as boiled milk icing). This icing is prepared by boiling 1 cup of milk and 3 tablespoons of flour until thick. It is then removed from the heat and allowed to cool below room temperature and then 1 cup of white sugar and 1 cup of butter beaten until creamy and pale is added to it and continuously beaten together until very fluffy. For the best result this icing should be beaten for a very long time.
 The Red velvet cake gets its colouring either from the cocoa and vinegar reaction in it or the easiest way - from artificial food colouring which I used in this recipe.The Red velvet is one of my favorites as I like to layer it with ice-cream. Here is my recipe below. Enjoy!

RED VELVET CAKE RECIPE

Prep time: 45mins                           Cook Time: 1hr               Total Time: 1hr 45mins 

Ingredients

• 1 cup Butter
• 1/3 cup Sugar
• 2 cups Flour
• 2 tbsp  Baking Powder
• 1 tbsp Lime juice
• 2 Eggs
• 1/3 cup melted Chocolate
• 1 cup Milk
• 1 tbsp blended Whiskey
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla essence
• Red food coloring
• A pint of Ice cream for layering
• Roux Icing for frosting.

Procedure:  Grease and line a 6-inch baking pan and set aside. Preheat the oven or pot(see my other post how to bake a cake without an oven) to 180 degrees Celsius. In a bowl mix together all dry ingredients and set aside. With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar till pale and creamy.  Add eggs, vanilla, melted chocolates and beat together until properly mixed. Add milk, lime juice and whiskey, beat until well mixed.

Fold in dry ingredients, a handful at a time. Pour batter into the greased baking pan and set in the oven/pot.
Cook until a skewer when inserted comes out clean ( see my other post on how to check for doneness of a cake). Set on a cooling rack to cool, then serve like that or frost with roux icing (see my other post on how to layer a cake)

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