Kitchen appliances and utensils
- kitchen scales;
- measuring device;
- sieve;
- tea spoon;
- tablespoon;
- knife;
- rolling pin;
- silicone spatula;
- deep capacity;
- stewpan;
- rings with a diameter of 22 cm - 3 pcs.;
- foil;
- plastic bag;
- pastry bag;
- cling film;
- mixer;
- fridge;
- hob;
- oven.
Ingredients
- eggs - 3 pcs.
- butter - 130 g
- wheat flour - 265 g
- icing sugar - 400 g
- soda - 1.5 tsp.
- baking powder - 1 tsp.
- cocoa powder - 6 g
- natural yogurt - 240 ml
- vanilla sugar - 4 g
- salt - 1/3 tsp
- gel food coloring - 1.5 tsp.
- strawberry jam - 250 g
- cream cheese - 800 g
- cream 35% - 200 g
- water - 100 ml
- sugar - 50 g
- lemon juice - 2 tbsp. l
Step cooking
Cooking cakes
- Add 1.5 tsp to 240 ml of natural yogurt. gel food coloring. Mix everything well until the color is evenly distributed.
- In a deep container, mix 265 g of sifted wheat flour, 6 g of natural cocoa powder, 1.5 tsp. soda and 1 tsp. baking powder. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed.
- Beat 130 g butter until fluffy
- Without turning off the mixer, gradually introduce 250 g of powdered sugar to the oil. Beat the ingredients for another 5 minutes.
- 3 eggs are added to the resulting cream mass in turn, after each whipping the mixture for 1 minute. At the end, add 4 g of vanilla sugar and 1/3 tsp to the container. salt.
- Carefully introduce a mixture of dry ingredients and yogurt with gel dye into the finished cream. At the same time, we constantly bring the dough to uniformity using a mixer.
- We prepare 3 rings with a diameter of 22 cm each and wrap them with foil.
- We spread 350 g of dough into the rings, level it and send it to the oven preheated to 165 ° C for 25 minutes.
- From the finished cakes, cut off the upper crust, wrap them in cling film and put them in the refrigerator for 4 hours. Trimming with cake leave for sprinkling cake.
Cooking impregnation for cakes
- In a saucepan, mix 100 ml of water and 50 g of sugar. Bring everything to a boil.
- Add to the resulting liquid 2 tbsp. l lemon juice.
Cooking Cream Cheese
- To 200 g of chilled cream, gradually add 150 g of powdered sugar and beat the ingredients well until fluffy (3-4 minutes).
- Gradually introduce 800 g of cream cheese into the resulting mixture.
- We divide the cream into 3 parts, two of which are transferred to a pastry bag, and the remaining part is put into the refrigerator.
Making a cake
- We spread the cake on the dish and soak it with sugar syrup. On the contour we make a rim of cream, and fill the center with strawberry jam (250 g is needed for the whole cake).
- Top the jam with cream. By analogy, we act with the remaining cakes.
- Grease the top cake with a thin layer of cream and put the cake in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. We put the remaining cream in a pastry bag and completely cover the cake on all sides.Again, remove the cake in the refrigerator to allow the cream mass to stabilize. We collect scraps from cakes in a dense plastic bag and grind them with a rolling pin.
- Sprinkle the cake on top and on the sides.
- We give the cake to stand in the refrigerator for 24 hours and can serve dessert on the table.
Video recipe
If you still have questions regarding the process of making the Red Velvet cake, watch the video with a visual step-by-step instruction. You will understand in what proportions it is necessary to mix the ingredients for the cakes, what consistency the cream cheese will have, and how the final dessert will look like.