Red Velvet Cake - Question

Nightingale · February 17, 2012, 6:01pm

I need to ask about the following

Icing : How do you make the icing. I need tried & tested + easy recipe
How and when do you put the red colour in it? Before baking or after baking?

apple_blossom · February 19, 2012, 6:50am

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1- i have written the recipe in my diary will update tomorrow..
2-i add the color few secs before putting the flour in egg mixture

Xtron · February 19, 2012, 7:06am

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So i am right when i call redvelvet sugar cake eh! sweeeet!

Chicken_Biryani · February 19, 2012, 10:50am

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The icing … which one are you using ? butter cream or double cream ?

I usually whip up double cream , you have to add the required amount of icing sugar ( I normally add just four tablespoons to one an a half cup cream.. few drops of vanilla or lemon essence … and whip whip whip , until soft peaks form …

Do this is a steel bowl and ensure that bowl is kept on ice cubes while you whip it up..

apple_blossom · February 19, 2012, 11:05am

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cb dont you add cream cheese ??

Chicken_Biryani · February 19, 2012, 11:29am

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nope .. I try to keep it simple .. I did add cheese first few times but found that the cream became heavy … so now I just keep it light and simple ..

stoppit · February 19, 2012, 11:33am

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I hate the cream cheese icing but that is the signature redvelvet icing!

apple_blossom · February 19, 2012, 11:36am

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yes u r right stoppit thats y i asked .. i make the cream cheese icing and my family loves it

_H_NK · February 19, 2012, 12:55pm

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i also hate cream cheese icings lol will try out the double cream one.

Chicken_Biryani · February 19, 2012, 1:31pm

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Jsut wanted to share a little trick .. since I dont like the cheese icing , but because without it the RV cakes taste a little incomplete .. so I normally do a thin flat layer of the cream cheese icing on top of the cake /cupcakes … like less then half tsp on each cupcake … and the rest of the icing is double cream whipped with no cheese … That way the taste is there but not as much to cause a major dislike ..

Lusi · February 20, 2012, 2:57am

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red velvet cake has both red color and coco powder, it is mixed when making the mixture.

Nightingale · February 20, 2012, 5:12am

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Thanks everyone for the response. it was quite helpful

Actually I have never tried the red velvet cake at home before and I find online the cream cheese icing in almost every recipe. I wanted to have the easiest one as am not really good at making tricky things.

CB thanks a bunch. I also use whip cream that’s why your recipe sounds quite easy to me. I have never tried the cream cheese icing that’s why I don’t exactly know how its taste like. I will add it too to make the cake’s taste complete.

Thanks everyone for your response it was quite helpful