Red Velvet Cake

Name: Red Velvet Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 42 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 50 g plain flour; 50 g caster sugar; 3 g unsweetened cocoa powder; 0.25 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 1 pinch fine salt; 1 egg; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 60 ml buttermilk; 1 tsp red food colouring; 0.5 tsp vanilla extract; 0.5 tsp white wine vinegar; 10 g unsalted butter; 50 g full-fat cream cheese; 25 g icing sugar

A single small red velvet cake: a tender, faintly cocoa-scented crumb dyed deep crimson, kept soft by buttermilk and vinegar and finished with tangy cream cheese frosting. Baked in a 10 cm tin, it splits into two neat layers for one person.

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42 min20 prep · 22 cookMedium1063 kcalper serving

Method

Heat the oven to 175C (155C fan). Line the base and sides of a 10 cm round loose-bottomed cake tin with baking paper and set it on a small baking tray.
Sift 50 g of plain flour, 50 g of caster sugar, 3 g of cocoa powder, 0.25 tsp of bicarbonate of soda and 1 pinch of salt into a bowl and whisk for 20 seconds so the raising agent and cocoa are evenly dispersed.
In a second bowl whisk 1 beaten egg with 1 tbsp of vegetable oil, 60 ml of room-temperature buttermilk, 1 tsp of red food colouring and 0.5 tsp of vanilla extract until the mixture is an even, bright crimson.

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Per serving

1063kcal

20gprotein

133gcarbs

51gfat

3gfibre

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