The proper Red Velvet Cake

My sister and her boyfriend always use to order proper Red Velvet cupcakes (made from beetroot, not just red food colouring) from this Cafe till one day they stopped serving them. So they went on a hunt for a red velvet cake recipes and this is what they found!

DieGogga @cook_2795451

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Ingredients

3 hours

12 servings

Cake
2 1/2 cupflour
3 tbspcocoa powder
1 tspsalt
2 tspbaking powder
1 tbspvanilla extract
1 cupunsalted butter
2 1/2 cupsugar
4 largeeggs
1 cupButtermilk
1 cupbeet puree
1/2 cuporange juice
3 tbspWhite wine vinegar
1 tspred food colourant
Beet Puree
2beetroots
Cream cheese frosting
225 gramsCream cheese (room temp)
1/4 cupunsalted butter
2 cupconfectioners sugar
2 tspmilk

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Steps

3 hours

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For the beet puree:
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Preheat oven to 200°C/400°F
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If beet still have leaves, slice then off at the base
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Wash the beets and wrap in aluminum foil (font dry, the water helps them cook)
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Place foil wrapped beets in the oven and bake for 40-60 mins
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Remove from oven and let them cool
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Peel off the skins (leaving them on gives the cake a more earthy taste) and chop into chunks
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Puree the beets with a blender or food processor until nice and smooth
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For the cake:
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Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F
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In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder
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In another bowl, whisk together the milk, beet puree (1cup), orange juice and vinegar
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Cream together the butter sugar and vanilla
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Add eggs, one at a time, to the butter mixture, beating well after each additional
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Add a third of the liquid ingredients, then a third of the dry ingredients to the butter mixture, alternating between wet and dry and mixing well after each additiin
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Pour into prepared pans (can fill 2 22cm/9" round pans)
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Bake for 30 minutes or till a toothpick comes out clean and tops look firm
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Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes
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Remove from pans and allow to cool completely on a wire rack before frosting
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For the frosting:
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Whip cream cheese and butter till soft
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Slowly add the sugar
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Add milk if necessary to achieve desired consistency