Red velvet

Name: Red velvet
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 130 g sifted flour; 1 tsp salt; 1 tbspn cocoa powder; 60 g unsalted butter at room temp; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp vinegar distilled; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 large egg; 150 g granulated sugar; 80 ml butter milk note: butter milk = 1 tbspn lemon juice + milk

Yirel Zawadi Okongo @zawadi_kitchen

Nairobi

This cake is spongy and tasty

Yirel Zawadi Okongo @zawadi_kitchen

Nairobi

This cake is spongy and tasty

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Ingredients

50mins

10 servings

130 gsifted flour
1 tspsalt
1 tbspncocoa powder
60 gunsalted butter at room temp
1/2 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspvinegar distilled
1 tspvanilla extract
1large egg
150 ggranulated sugar
80 mlbutter milk note: butter milk = 1 tbspn lemon juice + milk

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Steps

50mins

1

Weigh the ingredients correctly and set aside
2

Preheat the oven at 180 degrees
3

Prepare your baking tin and Align with parchment paper
4

Sift the flour, cocoa, and salt together and set aside
5

In a bowl mix the butter until soft then add sugar and mix until fluffy for 3mins
6

Add the egg and thoroughly mix, then add vanilla
7

In another bowl, add the food colour to bitterand stir thoroughly.
8

For the colour take the red colour and add 2 tbspns of water
9

Add flour and butter milk alternating until you end with flour
10

Separately combine vinegar and baking soda until it fizzes then guickily pour into the batter then fold in. Speed is of essence here
11

Bake for 50 mins
12

Insert a skewer to taste if done
13

If you are icing refridgerate first.