Red Velvet Cake

Name: Red Velvet Cake
Yield: 5 serves
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter.(2 tbsp for greasing); 3 tbsp cocoa powder; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 2 eggs; 2 tsp vanilla essence; 2 tbsp food colouring; 1 tsp salt; 1 tsp baking soda; 2 1/2 cups flour. Sifted; 1 cup whole milk

Mary Ademba @cook_7443067

Eldoret

This is one of the best recipes I have ever made. My daughter challenged me to make it

Mary Ademba @cook_7443067

Eldoret

This is one of the best recipes I have ever made. My daughter challenged me to make it

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Ingredients

5 serves

1/2 cupbutter.(2 tbsp for greasing)
3 tbspcocoa powder
1 1/2 cupssugar
2eggs
2 tspvanilla essence
2 tbspfood colouring
1 tspsalt
1 tspbaking soda
2 1/2 cupsflour. Sifted
1 cupwhole milk

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Steps

1

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Greese the pans.
2

Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time and beat vigorously until each is incorporated. Mix in vanilla.
3

In a separate bowl, make a paste of the remaining 2 tbsp of cocoa and the food colouring. Blend into the butter.
4

Sift together the remaining dry ingredients. Alternating 2 batches each. Add dry ingredients and whole milk to rhe butter mixture. In the last of milk, mix in the vinegar before adding to the butter.mix until well blended
5

Divide the butter among 3 pans and bake for about 20 to 25 minutes
6

Cool in a cooling rack completly.
7

To assemble, remove 1 cake from its pan and place it flat side down on a serving platter. Drop about 1 cup of icing onto the cake and using a flat spatula, spread evenly over the top of first layer. Use the remaining frosting to cover the top and sides of the cake.