Name: Red Velvet and a Warm Glass of Milk Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups plain flour; 1 cup caster sugar; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 2 tbs cocoa powder; 1/2 cup butter melted; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 1 cup buttermilk; 2 eggs; 2 tbs red liquid food colouring; 1 tsp white vinegar; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 1/2 cup white hot chocolate; 1/2 cup milk; 1 tbs plain flour; 1/4 cup white sugar; 125 g butter; 1 dash vanilla essence; 1 pinch salt

by dayna_hoskin Last updated on 07/10/2019

Not too sweet, not too chocolatey, but just right. - dayna_hoskin

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 cup caster sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 tbs cocoa powder
1/2 cup butter melted
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
2 tbs red liquid food colouring
1 tsp white vinegar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup white hot chocolate

Frosting

1/2 cup milk
1 tbs plain flour
1/4 cup white sugar
125 g butter
1 dash vanilla essence
1 pinch salt

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180C.
Step 2

Grease three 10cm cake tins and set aside.
Step 3

Sift dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder into a large mixing bowl.
Step 4

In a separate bowl, whisk your wet ingredients: oil, butter, food colouring, vanilla essence, hot chocolate, eggs, buttermilk and vinegar together, create a well in the middle of your dry ingredients and pour in.
Step 5

Gently incorporate wet and dry ingredients using a knife, so as not to knock too much air out of you cake batter.
Step 6

Divide your batter into your three tins and place them side by side in the oven for 35 minutes, or until skewer inserted into the centre of your cake is removed clean.
Step 7

Allow to cool slightly, remove cakes from their tins and place in the fridge to chill.
Step 8

Combine milk and flour into a saucepan and place saucepan onto medium heat, whisk until thoroughly combined and set aside to cool. Do not leave unattended on the heat, or the mixture will become lumpy. This mixture must be completely cooled before continuing onto the next step.
Step 9

Meanwhile, using an electric beater, cream together the butter, pinch of salt, sugar, and vanilla essence.
Step 10

Once mixture has lightened in colour, pour in milk mixture which must be completely cooled and continue to mix with electric beaters until light and fluffy.