Recipe: Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting.

السّلام عليكم

PEACE be upon YOU! ;) 

PHEWW~ It seems that i've forgot that i used to have my own blog! LOL! It has been four months i didn't post anything on my blog huh? Thus, here it is! my very first entry for the year 2012! HAHAHA. Is it too late for me to wish HAPPY NEW YEAR? What a silly question,, absolutely YES, it's too late Fatin! duhh~ I've been so busy back in these four months with my campus life, till i've no time to spend on this blogging thinggy. Awwh~ how sad it sounds right? >,<" Well anyway, now is my semester break. Therefore i've got a plenty of time to spend on my hobbies! YEAH! However, today i'm not going to write about what i've been doing during the past four months first, cause i'm going to blog about another cake recipe! as requested by my old friend, Afiq. :D Hehe, he asked me for the complete recipe so that he can give it to her sister, and then ask her to bake it for him. ;) Okay, after quite some time i didn't came back home, i'm now back in the kitchen! Weehooo~ I'm the one who'll rule the kitchen! First thing first, of course i started with my favourite stuff in the kitchen which is the oven! theehe~ Thinking of baking, a Red Velvet Cake immediately popped-up in my mind. Well, i used to searched for the recipes back then before i continued studying, but i procrastinated to do it from time to time and end up didn't bake it at all at that time. LOL! Since i've got lots and lots of free time, i've finally make up my mind to made a first attempt of baking this Red Velvet cake last week. Even thought that was my first time baking this kind of cake, but it was a success! As usual, i've got compliments from my very best food tester who is my beloved MAMA! :D So, here's the recipe that i found and adjusted a lil' bit:

Ingredients for the Red Velvet Cake ;

2 1/2 cups (250g) sifted cake flour

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons (15g) cocoa powder

1/2 cup (113g) unsalted butter

1 1/2 cups (300g) granulated white sugar - [caster sugar]

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup (240ml) buttermilk

2 tablespoons liquid red food coloring

1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar

1 teaspoon baking soda

Ingredients for the Cream Cheese Frosting ;

(227 grams) cream cheese - [i used 250g]

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup (115 grams) icing sugar, sifted

1/2 cup butter

P/s: Some other recipes also include the Mascarpone Cheese and heavy Whipping Cream as the ingredients for the frosting, but to me, all the 4 ingredients listed above are sufficient enough. If you'd love a richer taste of cheese for the frosting, you may omit the butter from the list! That's what kak Athirah [Hariz's elder sis] told me when i asked her for some tips. :D

*If you can't find the buttermilk at supermarket, you can make your own buttermilk by adding a tablespoon of distilled white vinegar to milk and letting it stand for about 10 minutes.

Methods ;

Preheat oven 175 degrees C. Grease your cake pan using butter and flour. Set aside.

#1 - In a mixing bowl - sift together the flour, salt, and cocoa powder. Mix well and set aside.

#2 - In another large bowl - using mixer, beat the butter until soft. Add the sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time. Add the vanilla extract and beat until combined.

#3 - In a measuring cup - whisk the buttermilk with the red food coloring. 

With the mixer on low speed, alternately add the flour mixture(#1) and buttermilk(#3) to the butter mixture(#2), in three additions, beginning and ending with the flour. 

#4 - In a small cup - combine the vinegar and baking soda. Allow the mixture to fizz and then quickly fold into the cake batter(#2). 

Put in the batter into the pan and smooth the tops with an offset spatula or the back of a spoon. Bake in the preheated oven for half an hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cakes comes out clean. Cool the cake in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Place a wire rack on top of the cake pan and invert, lifting off the pan. The cake is ready to be frosted when it's completely cooled down. 

For the Frosting ;

 In a bowl, by using a mixer, beat the butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add the vanilla and icing sugar and beat until smooth. Add more sugar or cream as needed to get the right consistency.

Assemble ;

 With a serrated knife, cut the cake into half, horizontally. Place one of the cake layers, top of the cake facing down, onto your serving platter. Spread the cake layer with a layer of frosting.  And then place another layer of cake on top of the frosting and continue to frost the top and sides of the cake. 

 view from the inside. :P

 this is how the batter look like. :D

3rd April 2011 - it was a sunny day and a super SUNdayy! :D

السّلام عليكم

 Peace be upon YOU! ;)

3rd of April 2011 was Iela's wedding day..

ehh,, correction! it was Iela's sister's okie! :P

the uniqueness of this wedding ceremony was the food served,,

all of it was cooked by her mum!

but the wedding was very very hectic,,

so right after all of us (me, Tya, Wan, Eddy, Apiz, Yan, Qutbi) had finished our meal,

we made a move to give chance to the other guest.

[cecehh~ayat bajet baik :P]

-tya-

after that,, we sent Tya back to her home sweet home,,

next i changed into Eryn's car,we picked up Hariz,,

then, Wangsa Walk! here we come~  ;D

okayy,,aku dengan slumber kodok nye main bowling in Baju Kurung. :D

be proud of our own national dress k. :P

 

okay, i was over excited & laughed out LOUD!

Yan look happy at the moment since he got highest mark at that time. ;)

while Wan,, :[  Qutbi, :/  and Eddy, :(

huhuu~

later on,,luck was on the others side. ahahaha~

see..

and there you go,, i'm the LOSER!

epic PHAIL! :D

 after the game,we went to the NZ nearby to munch some Mamak's food. :)

all of us ordered Roti Canai except for Apiz,, he had tosai instead.

so while we were waiting for the mamak to made our meals 1cm per hour,,

Eddy was playing my nephew's toy which i was accidentally brought along in my so called 'Doraemon bag'.

actually i brought along Faheem's toy in my super large bag the other day when i was going out with him,,then i've forgot to took out the toy from my bag.

that's why it's inside my 'Doremon bag'. LOL!

p/s: Eryn named my bag as 'Doremon bag' coz you can found everything inside it.

well,, ya know the Japanese comics-cum-TV cartoon named Doraemon which got a very large pocket in front of its chest. :D

 oh man,,at the first place they thought that the figura toy is a voodoo doll.ROFLOL!

r u kidding?? so not me okay! xD

on our way back home,,we sang along the English songs on Eryn's big bro's CD.

Good Bye My Lover by James Blunt, Seven Days by Craig David,and Breaking Free by Vanessa Hudgens was among the songs we sang along. gahaha~

and someone at the back seems had revealed his real personality. xD

amboii~ all this while he seems to be a 'camera shy lah konon' plus, not a very LOUD person,,

but dunno why all the way back he was singing like crazy.-,-"

and seems to be a very photogenic person huh?

just check these out>>

and that was the end of our journey for the day!

right after i reached home, my sister-in-law's family came.

i had promised Kak ija, my sis-in-law's younger sister, to bake a cake for her.

so next, we were having the cake together!

as what i thought,, Faheem excitedly said "duck duck" when he saw the image on the cake!

awww~ so cute!! ;)

if YOU readers noticed, previously i've posted an entry about how to made the duckling icing [HERE].

not long after that, they were away to Kuantan to sent kak ija back to her college at UIAM.

but faheem would like to stay with his Atok at our home for a while.

theeeeee~

and that's the end!

:)

jangan membazir. :))

How to Create a Frozen Buttercream Transfer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFx38a7Bjfw

السّلام عليكم

 Peace be upon YOU! ;)

theee~ i was accidentally made the butter cream topping more than what i required the other day,,

(the cake i posted on the previous entry)

there was another full cup of it remained.

so, to not to waste it,,

i decided to made the 'frozen buttercream transfer' as i've seen on Youtube. ;)

but i used the tip of fork instead of the piping bag and nozzles.

therefore,,the outcome was not so nice like the one on the Youtube. :P

ngeeeeeeeee~

okay,,i don't have idea why did i put hair on the duckling's head.LOL!

wheee~ i made the "duck duck" one instead of the tortoise image like the 'sifu' made in the video.

so next time i could simply use it when i would like to make a cake for Faheem.

he loves to play with duckling so much while bathing!

he always turned his face to me and said "duck duck" and pointing his fingger to the duckling. ;))

frustrated. :(

السّلام عليكم

 Peace be upon YOU! ;)

haiyookkk!! o_0 why did i frustrated?? :O

 wheee~ actually i was frustrated coz i couldn't eat that yummylicious looking cuppy that i told ya in my previous entry.

it has been haunting me all day long u know! haiyaaa~

asyik teringat-ingat jeee. xD

so i decided to made it by myself,,

the first step i've made was searching tones of different recipes of butter cream topping.

so that i could simply mix and match those recipes according to the ingredients that i've already got in my kitchen! ;))

psstt,, i've never made this kind of topping previously by myself.

act,my sis did, but i've totally forgot how. :D

usually i only made the double boiler chocolate sauce,,

back in 2009, i used to made the fondant icing too.

the outcome is so nice!

but it's quite difficult to made,, 'leceh' to be exact. HAHA.

check these out>>

  my first trial. 

  this one requested by my friend, Nurizzani Mohd Awal! 

   i made this for my friend's birthday, Farzana Balqis. 

  i made these for my classmates during form 4. 

wheee~ cute tak? cute tak? ;P

okay,,back to the main topic,,

i was searching the recipes on the net all night long!

from 1.30a.m. till 5a.m.

these were few of what i've found! >>

  http://www.wilton.com/recipe/Buttercream-Icing 

  http://resipidiana.blogspot.com/2006/08/dhs-projek-cupcakes-dhs-stands-for.html 

http://alkiram.net/salam/2010/01/20/cara-membuat-aising-buttercream-cupcake/?sms_ss=blogger&at_xt=4ce7a6f9c9a305a7%2C0&replytocom=7276

then at 5 only i've got the rhythm of making it,, plus the way to decorate the cake,,

okay,,mostly they used shortening lah, confectioners sugar lah, unsalted butter lah,,etc. etc.

and i don't have those at that momment, and i couldn't buy them at that time since it's 5 a.m. already,,where i could possibly find those at that time?

even 7eleven surely don't have those uncommon stuffs. huhu.

so i simply used the normal butter & neither shortening nor confectioners sugar whatsoever.

theeeeeeeeeeeeee~

then straight away went into my kitchen and started baking chocolate cake for the base!

  background Aleena dengan muka terliurnya. ;P   

after that i made the butter  cream in two small bowls,,

know what,, i beat the butter without using a mixer!

just like Rachel Allen always do in her show 'Bake'! ;P

**ceh,,poyo jee! bajet macam Rachel Allen la ni? xD

eventually i finished doing this at 10 maybe? i didn't noticed the exact time.

my niece, Aleena was arrived at my home at 8a.m ,and she was so dying looking at the cake.

**FYI, she's 6 months old and still had never fed with any food other than milk. ;0

maybe her mum afraid she would be obese because now she's 8kg!

but that's not really surprising me,,coz i was also very veryyy FAT when i was baby mehh. ;))**

LOL!

okay,okay back to main story!! ermm,,

since i've donno where izit my piping bag had gone,,

so i made a hole at the tip of a sealed plastic bag and fit a nozzle there to replace the real piping bag. :)

but yeahh it's really works!

  epic FAIL! rose tak menjadi kat tengah tuu. >,<" 

heee~ know what,, my cake had finished within 24hours!

alhamdulillah~ my first trial doing this was a success i guess. ;))

yesterday morning,, kak mawaddah,my sis-in-law's younger sister tapau two pieces of the cake,,

then in the evening,, my sis-in-law pulak tapau almost 1/4 of the cake for her family. :DD

this time i reduced the amount of sugar in the cake.

but yet the not-so-sweet chocolate cake was a very good match to the very-verry-sweet topping. :)

wheeeeeeeeeeee~ sukanya!sukanya!

mama cakap lain kali buat lahh lagii! ;P

next teringin nak buat upside down cake,red velvet cake,carrot cake,,

oppsy~ mampukah?