Recipe: Appetizing Red Velvet Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Icing and Cherries

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Red Velvet Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Icing and Cherries. 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.

In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light fluffy.

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Beat in the food coloring, vinegar, butter flavoring and vanilla.

You can have Red Velvet Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Icing and Cherries using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Red Velvet Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Icing and Cherries

1. Prepare 180 grams of butter (softened).

2. It’s 1 1/2 cup of caster sugar.

3. You need 1 tsp of vanilla essence.

4. You need 2 tbsp of cocoa powder.

5. It’s 1 tbsp of white vinegar.

6. Prepare 1 tsp of baking soda.

7. It’s 1 tbsp of red food colouring.

8. Prepare 1 of fresh cherries to serve.

9. Prepare 250 grams of cream cheese (softened).

10. It’s 60 grams of butter (softened).

11. Prepare 1 cup of icing sugar mixture.

12. Prepare 2 tsp of orange zest.

13. It’s 2 tsp of orange juice.

14. Prepare 2 each of eggs.

15. Prepare 2 1/2 cup of self-raising flour.

16. It’s 1 cup of buttermilk.

In my opinion, cream cheese frosting pairs best with red velvet's flavor and this frosting recipe is really simple.

You need block-style cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar, a splash of milk, vanilla extract, and a pinch of salt to offset the sweetness.

It glides on seamlessly and is silky smooth.

It's indescribable, and such a fantastic alternative to cream cheese frosting, which, while delicious, can sometimes be a little rich.

Red Velvet Cake with Orange Cream Cheese Icing and Cherries step by step

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..

And from what I'm told, this "Best…" frosting is actually the original frosting for red velvet cake, before cream cheese frosting burst onto the scene and inserted itself into the mix.

Red Velvet is a cake with either a dark red, bright red or red-brown color.

It's traditionally prepared as a layer cake topped with cream cheese or cooked roux icing.

The reddish color is achieved by adding beetroot or red food coloring - Courtesy, Wiki.

Combine the cream cheese and butter on medium speed, just until blended, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.