Red Velvet Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Icing and Cherries

Name: Red Velvet Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Icing and Cherries
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 180 grams butter (softened); 1 1/2 cup caster sugar; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 2 tbsp cocoa powder; 1 tbsp white vinegar; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tbsp red food colouring; 1 fresh cherries to serve; 250 grams cream cheese (softened); 60 grams butter (softened); 1 cup icing sugar mixture; 2 tsp orange zest; 2 tsp orange juice; 2 each eggs; 2 1/2 cup self-raising flour; 1 cup buttermilk

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Red Velvet Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Icing and Cherries

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180 gramsbutter (softened)
1 1/2 cupcaster sugar
1 tspvanilla essence
2 tbspcocoa powder
1 tbspwhite vinegar
1 tspbaking soda
1 tbspred food colouring
1fresh cherries to serve
250 gramscream cheese (softened)
60 gramsbutter (softened)
1 cupicing sugar mixture
2 tsporange zest
2 tsporange juice
2 eacheggs
2 1/2 cupself-raising flour
1 cupbuttermilk

Cooking Instructions

1

Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease and line round cake tin with baking paper.
2

Beat 180g butter,sugar and vanila in large bowl until pale and creamy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
3

Sift flour and cocoa together. Add flour mixture and buttermilk, in batches,until well-combined (start off with flour them buttermilk,alternating and finishing with flour).
4

Add vinegar, baking soda and food colouring. Stir to combine then spoon mixture evenly into cake pan. Use back of spooon to smooth surface.
5

Bake in oven for 25-30 mins r until skewer inserted into centre comes out clean. Remove from oven and set aside for 5 mins before turning into wire rack to cool completely.
6

To make icing: Beat cream cheese and butter until creamy. Add icing sugar,orange zest and juice thenbeat until well-combined.
7

Place cake in turn table or keep on wire rack with tray underneath. Cut little bit of top off to smooth out (keep for crumbing). Ice whole cake and gently cover top and sides with crumbed cake top. Sprinkle cherries evenly and transfer to serving plate. Refrigerate to set cream cheese icing and serve when ready to eat.