Red Velvet Cake - Question

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I need to ask about the following

  1. Icing : How do you make the icing. I need tried & tested + easy recipe

  2. How and when do you put the red colour in it? Before baking or after baking?

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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

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

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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..

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cb dont you add cream cheese ??

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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 ..

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

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

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

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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 ..

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

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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 :)