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Salted Butter

Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cake is a crowd favourite for its moist texture, hint of cocoa, and signature red colour. Finished with smooth cream cheese frosting, it’s a simple yet satisfying dessert for any occasion.

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Ingredients

  • 250g

    Plain Flour (sifted)

  • 114g

    SCS Salted Butter (softened)

  • 15g

    Cocoa Powder (sifted; natural; don’t use dutch-processed)

  • 240ml

    Buttermilk

  • 1 tsp

    Vinegar

  • 1 tsp

    Vanilla Extract

  • 2

    Eggs

  • 1 tsp

    Baking Soda

  • 300g

    Fine Grain White Sugar

  • 2 tbsps

    Red Food Colouring

For the Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 113g

    SCS Unsalted Butter at Room Temperature

  • 340g

    Cream Cheese

  • 1 tsp

    Vanilla Extract

  • 188g

    Icing Sugar (sifted)

Directions

  1. Preheat your oven to 170°C.
  2. Cream the SCS Salted Butter and sugar together until pale and fluffy.
  3. With your mixer on medium speed, mix in the eggs, one at a time, and vanilla extract until combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with the addition of each egg.
  4. Stir the buttermilk and red colouring together until combined.
  5. Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder.
  6. Fold the flour mixture and buttermilk mixture into the batter, alternating between the two until combined.
  7. Distribute the batter evenly between two 9-inch greased pans or two 10-inch heart-shaped pans. To achieve the look of the cake in the photo, use three 7-inch greased pans.
  8. Bake each layer for about 25 minutes, or just until the skewer comes out clean (do not open the oven door before the 25 minute mark).
  9. Let the cake cool completely before unmoulding it from the tin.
  10. With an electric whisk, make the frosting by creaming together SCS Unsalted Butter and icing sugar until smooth.
  11. Add in cream cheese and vanilla extract until combined.
  12. Cut off the top of the cake to create flat layers. Spread the frosting generously between the cooled cake layers and serve, or frost the entire cake, including the sides.
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