The Great British Bake Off is upon us as Red Nose Day begins to kick in. Here is a yummy recipe that would be perfect for a bake sale to raise money for Comic Relief.
Ingredients:
120g of butter, unsalted and softened
300g of caster sugar
2 eggs
250mls of buttermilk, (instead get 250mls of milk and 3tsps of lemon juice)
2 tbsp of red food colouring
1 tsp of vanilla extract
1 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
250g of plain flour
5 tbsp of cocoa powder
pinch of salt
Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas mark 4. Line two muffins tins.
2. In a large bowl beat butter and sugar. Then add the eggs, one by one and then pour in the buttermilk. Add in the red food colouring and the vanilla extract. The mixture might be quite runny so little by little add in the flour, cocoa powder and bicarbonate of soda. Add a pinch of salt to enhance the flavour and then divide up into the muffin cases.
3. Bake in the oven for 20-25 mins or until you can press them lightly and they spring back.
Ingredients for the cream cheese frosting:150g of unsalted butter, at room temperature
45g of caster sugar
300g of full fat cream cheese
Method for making cream cheese frosting:
1. Beat the butter and the sugar in a bowl with a hand held electric mixer.
2. Add in all of the cream cheese and mix thoroughly.
Then top the red velvet cake with the cream cheese frosting by using a spoon or piping the frosting.
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