Red Velvet Cake

This was the birthday cake that I baked that day...At last I did it!!.. The all time
controversy..cake..heheh..some liked it some loved it some even banned it..hahaha....But for this I looooooooveeeeeeeee it!!..Well dont be surprise cause before I came to this recipe I have been scrutinising banyak recipe yang digunakan for Red Velvet Cake..hehe..bukan apa, kiasu mah!!!..haha..
I sure never regretted using this one!!! Thanks to Maya, I asked her for this as when I read about this cake it has higher demand then Classic Chocolate Cupcake punya order confirmed ni lagi sedap kan and dah tentu2 CCC tu pun sedap..hehe..Ok rasa kek ni kan to me macam Devil's Chocolate Cake!!. cuma yang ni merah colour nya..sedap lagi dengan gandingan chocolate ganache + cream cheese mak ai..makan tak berhenti ler..my niece berebut2 makan... sedap dia orang kata..minta tapau balik lagi ada..haha....Maya also suggested letak chocolate ganache tu kalau cream cheese aje mungkin my kids tak berapa kot?..Cuma I guessed my red cake is not so red sebab I used Valrhona cocoa powder maybe next time I tambah lagi sikit warnanya tu..walaupun I dah tambah another 1/2 tsp.

So lepas letak cream chesse frosting untuk fillingnya tu kita letak chocolate ganache pulak...
For the cream cheese and chocolate ganache, I used the Devil's Chocolate Cake punya recipe..as for the buttercream I used Thousand layers Chocolate Cake..
So combination of all the nice cakes recipes made this a wonderful birthday cake for me this year!!..I am satisfied!! Akan ada ulang tayang for this recipe definitely.. Maya!!!!!..thank you so so so much for sharing this with me and I would like to share this treasure to the rest who visited my blog..

Updated:- 14/4/2011
Ingredients:-
12/3 cup self raising flour-(12/3 cawan tepung naik sendiri)
2 tbsp cocoa powder-(Ayu used Valrhona cocoa powder)-(2 sudu besar serbuk koko)
1/2 tsp baking soda-(1/2 sudu kecil baking soda)
110g butter-(Ayu used 125g)-(110g mentega-Ayu gunakan 125g)
1 cup fine sugar- (Ayu used 3/4 cup)-(1 cawan gula halus-Ayu gunakan 3/4 cawan )

2 large eggs-(2 biji telur besar)
1/2 cup milk-(1/2 cawan susu)
1/4 cup buttermilk-(Ayu made 1/2 cup milk + 1/2 tbsp distilled vinegar- leave it for while abt 15-20 minutes-but used only 1/4 cup)-(1/4 cawan buttermilk-Ayu buat 1/2 cawan susu + 1/2 sudu besar cuka biarkan hingga 15-20 mint- digunakan hanya 1/4 cawan untuk resipi ini ya)

1 tsp vinegar-(1 sudu kecil cuka)
1/2 bottle liquid red colour or 1 tsp red gel-(Ayu used 11/2 tsp wilton-no taste)-(1/2 botol warna merah cecair atau 1 sudu kecil gel warna merah- ayu gunakan 11/2 sudu kecil wilton -no taste)

Method:-
Cream butter & sugar till creamy. Add eggs one at a time. Add vanilla essence. Mix in dry ingredients(sifted) & milk plus buttermilk in alternate batches, ending with dry ingredients. Lastly stir in vinegar.Bake in a preheat oven at 170C for 30-40  minutes or just cooked-(Pukul mentega & gula hingga berkrim. Masukkan telur satu persatu. Masukkan esen vanilla. Masukkan bahan kering(Yang sudah diayak), bersama dengan susu & buttermilk bergilir2 berakhir dengan bahan kering. Akhir sekali masukkan cuka dan gaul rata. Bakar dalam oven yang sudah dipanaskan selama 30-40 minit disuhu 170C atau ikut kepanasan oven masing hingga masak.)

Cream Cheese Frosting
250g Philadelphia cheese-(250g cream cheese)
125 butter-(125 mentega)
1 cup icing sugar-(Ayu used 1/4 cup)-(1 cawan gula ising-Ayu gunakan 1/4 cawan)
1 tsp vanilla extract-(1 sudu kecil vanilla esen)
juice of a squeezed slice of lemon-(Ayu used 1 lime juice)-(jus dari 1 hirisan lemon-Ayu gunakan 1 biji limau sambal)

Beat the cheese and butter, just until creamy, add the icing sugar, vanilla and lemon juice.-(Pukul cheese & mentega hingga berkrim, masukkan gula ising, vanilla dan jus lemon.)

Chocolate Ganache
200ml double cream with at least 30% fat content-(Ayu used whippping cream)-(200 ml whip krim)
250g dark chocolate, chopped finely-(250g coklat gelap di cincang halus)
a pinch of salt-(secubit garam)
In a double boiler, warm the cream until just at boiling point, add the chocolate & salt and stir. When all the chocolate has melted, remove for heat and continue stirring until all well mixed.
Let the cake cool completely, spread the cream cheese frosting and pour the ganache on top-(Menggunakan kaedah double boil, cairkan whip cream hingga panas, masukkan coklat, & garam kacau rata. Biarkan kek sejuk betul2 baru sapukan cream cheese frosting dan tuangkan coklat ganache diatas.)

Buttercream Frosting:-
125g unsalted butter-(125g mentega tanpa garam)
75g shortening-(Ayu used 1/2 shortening 1/2 krimwell)-(75g shortening-Ayu gunakan 1/2 shortening 1/2 lagi krimwell)
100g confectioner's sugar-(100g gula ising)
1 tsp pure vanilla extract-(1 sudu kecil vanilla esen)
1-2 tbsp cocoa powder-(up to preference for darkness- not too much if dont want bitter)-(1-2 sudu besar serbuk koko-(ikut suka nak gelap mana- jangan banayk sangat nanti pahit pulak)
Beat all the above except cocoa powder till smooth . Add cocoa powder and mix well. ready for piping.-(Pukul kesemua bahan kecuali serbuk koko hingga gebu. Masukkan serbuk koko dan gaul rata. Siap untuk di pipekan)