Cakes · Original adaptation
Home-Kitchen Red Velvet Cake Recipe
Three red cocoa sponge layers with tangy cream cheese frosting and a fine red crumb finish, scaled for an ordinary oven.
Inspired by The Great British Bake Off, Season 13, Episode 1
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Home-Kitchen Red Velvet Cake
- Prep
- 45 min
- Bake
- 28 min
- Total
- 1 hr 13 min
- Makes
- One 20 cm cake, serving 10
Ingredients
- 300 g plain flour
- 20 g cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 250 ml buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon red gel food coloring
- 150 g unsalted butter, softened
- 275 g caster sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 400 g full-fat cream cheese, cold
- 150 g unsalted butter for frosting, softened
- 175 g icing sugar
Method
Heat the oven to 180 C, or 160 C fan. Grease and line three 20 cm cake pans.
Whisk the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda, and salt. Stir the buttermilk and coloring together separately.
Beat the butter and caster sugar until pale, add the eggs one at a time and the vanilla, then fold in the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk mixture.
Divide among the pans and bake for 24 to 28 minutes. Cool completely and trim a thin layer from one cake to make crumbs.
Beat the frosting butter and icing sugar until smooth, then briefly beat in the cold cream cheese. Layer and coat the cakes, and press the reserved red crumbs around the top edge.
From the episode
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This adaptation starts from the episode's cake brief and reshapes it for ordinary home equipment and a manageable batch.
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The sources below document the episode challenge. The quantities and method on this page are independently written by Baking Show Guide; they are not copied from a contestant or broadcaster recipe.
