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Red velvet cake

Serves: 12

2012-10-19

Ingredients

For the cake

  • 250g self-raising flour
  • 1 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 115g unsalted butter
  • 300g caster sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 100g Greek yogurt
  • 140ml milk
  • 1 ½ tbsp liquid red food coloring
  • 1 tsp white vinegar
  • 1 tsp baking powder

For the vanilla frosting

  • 200g cream cheese
  • 200g mascarpone cheese
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 100g icing sugar, sifted
  • 250ml whipping cream
  • You will also need fresh strawberries to decorate

Method

Start this recipe by preparing, greasing and lining 2 x 22cm round tins with non-stick baking paper. Sift the flour and cocoa powder together in a bowl and put aside. Place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl and beat together for 3 minutes until light and fluffy. Add in the eggs one at a time, followed by the vanilla essence. Fold in the sifted flour mixture until well combined. Place the Greek yogurt, milk and red food colouring together in a small bowl and gently mix together using a small whisk. Pour this mixture over the cake batter and fold in gently to keep as much air in as possible. All that is left to do is mix together the vinegar and baking powder in a small cup and quickly fold into the cake batter. Divide the mixture equally between the prepared cake tins and even out with a palette knife. Bake the cakes in the oven at 175`c, for 25-30 minutes, or until the cake is cooked through. When the cakes are ready, remove them from the oven and allow to cool completely. Meanwhile, you can prepare the vanilla frosting. Place the cream cheese, mascarpone cheese and vanilla essence in a bowl and beat together lightly with an electric whisk until smooth. Add in the icing sugar and continue to beat till the mixture is smooth. In another bowl, whip the cream to stiff peaks and gently fold into the cream cheese and yogurt frosting. You should end up with a light, smooth vanilla frosting. To assemble the red velvet cake, cut each cake layer in half horizontally using a sharp knife, giving you 4 cake layers. Place one of the cake layers on a serving plate and spread over some of the vanilla frosting. Place another layer of cake on top and repeat the process with the remaining 2 cake layers. Use the remaining frosting to ice the top and sides of the cake and smooth out using a palette knife. Decorate the top edge of the cake with the fresh strawberries before placing the red velvet cake in the fridge to firm up before serving.
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KEJK ĦAMRANI BIL-WIĊĊ TAL-VANILLA

Ingredients

Għall-kejk

  • 250g dqiq self-raising
  • mgħarfa kokotina
  • 115g butir bla melħ
  • 300g zokkor fin (caster sugar)
  • 2 bajdiet
  • kuċċarina essenza tal-vanilla
  • 100g jogurt Grieg
  • 140ml ħalib
  • 1½ mgħarfa likwidu aħmar tal-ikel
  • kuċċarina ħall abjad
  • kuċċarina trab tal-ħami (baking powder)

Għall-krema tal-vanilla

  • 200g ġobon artab
  • 200g ġobon mascarpone
  • kuċċarina essenza tal-vanilla
  • 100g zokkor tal-ġelu (icing sugar), mgħarbul
  • 250ml krema li titħabbat
  • Għandek bżonn ukoll ftit frawli friska biex iżżejjen

Method

Iksi u idlek żewġ laned tondi ta’ 22ċm b’karta forn. Għarbel id-dqiq u l-kokotina flimkien fi skutella u warrab f’ġenb. Itfa’ l-butir u z-zokkor fi skutella kbira u ħabbathom flimkien għal 3 minuti, sakemm ikollok taħlita ħafifa. Żid il-bajd waħda waħda u itfa’ l-essenza tal-vanilla. Imbagħad itfa’ t-taħlita tad-dqiq u ħawwadha bil-mod. Fi skutella żgħira, itfa’ l-jogurt, il-ħalib u l-kulur aħmar tal-ikel u ħawwad bil-mod b’ħabbata żgħira. Itfa’ din it-taħlita mat-taħlita tal-kejk u ħawwad bil-mod biex tħalli kemm jista’ jkun arja fiha. Imbagħad ħallat flimkien il-ħall u t-trab tal-ħami f’tazza żgħira u itfagħhom mat-taħlita tal-kejk. Qassam it-taħlita fiż-żewġ laned u ferrixha b’paletta. Aħmi l-kejkijiet f’temperatura ta’ 175oC għal 25-30 minuta, jew sakemm ikunu saru l-kejkijiet. Oħroġhom mill-forn u ħallihom jiksħu sew. Sadattant lesti l-krema tal-vanilla. Itfa’ l-ġobon artab, il-ġobon mascarpone u l-essenza tal-vanilla fi skutella u ħabbathom ħafif flimkien b’ħabbata tal-elettriku. Żid iz-zokkor u kompli ħabbat sakemm ikollok taħlita ratba. Fi skutella oħra ħabbat il-ħalib sakemm jagħqad, imbagħad żidu mat-taħlita tal-ġobon artab. Ħawwad bil-mod sakemm ikollok taħlita ratba. Biex tifforma l-kejk, aqsam il-kejkijiet min-nofs għat-tul b’sikkina tajba ħalli jkollok erba’ saffi ta’ kejk. Poġġi wieħed mis-saffi fi platt u ferrex fuqu ftit mill-krema tal-vanilla. Poġġi saff kejk ieħor fuqu u agħmel l-istess. Irrepeti għaż-żewġ saffi l-oħra. Uża l-krema li jkun fadallek biex tiksi l-wiċċ u d-dawra tal-kejk u llixxa b’paletta. Żejjen id-dawra tal-wiċċ tal-kejk bil-frawli friska. Qabel isservi, poġġih fil-friġġ biex jiksaħ u jagħqad.

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