Red velvet cake

For the cake

Ingredients

• All purpose flour    - 2 1/2 cup
• Cocoa powder    -  6 tbsp
•  Baking soda     - 1 tsp
•  Salt  - 1/2 tsp
•  Butter milk    - 1 cup
•  Vinegar    -  1 1/2 tbsp 
•  Unsalted butter    -  200 gram (at room temperature) 
• Sugar     -  2 cup 
• Vanilla    -  1 tsp
•  Egg   -  4
•  Fresh cream    -  1/4 cup
•  Red food colour    -  1 tbsp

Method

Sift together all the dry ingredients. In another bowl, combine butter milk and vinegar and keep it aside. Beat butter and sugar till creamy. To this add vanilla essence and eggs. Beat one at a time. Add cream to this mixture and combine well. Mix flour mixture, butter milk to this beaten mixture and blend slowly. Sprinkle over red colour and carefully mix. Bake in preheated oven for 45 mins or stove top for 45 mins. 

For the frosting

Ingredients

• Cream cheese     -    226 gm
• Unsalted butter     -  150 gm (at room temperature) 
• Powdered sugar     -  3  cup
• Vanilla essence    -  1 tsp

Method

In a deep bowl beat together all the above ingredients till soft and creamy, for about 5-6 minutes.

For layering

Method

Place a layer of red velvet cake and spread 1/4th of the prepared cream cheese frosting. Place the other red velvet cake on top and cover the top and sides with the remaining frosting and do the decoration with the help of icing bag. Garnish with the cake crumbs. Serve cooled.