Red velvet cake with a chocolate ganache cream frosting

Name: Red velvet cake with a chocolate ganache cream frosting
Total time: 7200 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 21/4 cups all purpose flour; 2 tbsp margarine; 1 1/2 cup sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp white vinegar; 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa; 3 eggs; 1 cup liquid cooking oil; 1 drop Red color (maimun); 3 tsps vanilla essence; 1 cup milk

Harriet Kisali @cook_13279155

Kakamega, Kenya

It's my son's birthday and I decided to make him this specific cake...

Harriet Kisali @cook_13279155

Kakamega, Kenya

It's my son's birthday and I decided to make him this specific cake...

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Ingredients

2 hours

8 servings

21/4 cupsall purpose flour
2 tbspmargarine
1 1/2 cupsugar
1 tspbaking powder
1/2 tspbaking soda
1 tspwhite vinegar
2 tbspunsweetened cocoa
3eggs
1 cupliquid cooking oil
1 dropRed color (maimun)
3tsps vanilla essence
1 cupmilk

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Steps

2 hours

1

Pre heat oven at 170 degrees
2

Grease baking tin
3

Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and unsweetened cocoa and set aside.
4

Whip margarine with sugar till white, add eggs one by one as you whip, add cooking oil, vanilla essence, vinegar and color then whip to incorporate the ingredients.
5

Fold in sifted flour in first half then the second half as you add in milk in bits
6

Pour the batter into the baking tin and bake for 45-50 minutes, by then it should be ready.
7

Whip whipping cream till its firm and frost the under coat and let it settle in a fridge for an hour. In a separate bowl mix color with the remaining whipping cream and frost the entire cake, use it to decorate the cake as well.
8

In a separate small bowl mix 2tsps of whipping cream with a piece of dark chocolate and put it in a hot water container to melt. Use a spoon or dropper to drop the melted chocolate on top of the cake as it drips down the cake. I used the same chocolate ganache to write on the cake.