Hey everyone, it’s Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, black velvet cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
In a large bowl, mix together melted butter and cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Black frosting can be a bit tricky, and if you've struggled making it, here are all of my tips and tricks for making super dark black frosting. Tips for Making This Black Velvet Cake: Be sure to mix your cake batter just until the ingredients are incorporated; this will ensure your cake layers are tender and fluffy Black velvet cake is somewhere between a rich and moist red velvet cake and a deep, dark chocolate cake.
Black Velvet Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Black Velvet Cake is something that I have loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook black velvet cake using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Black Velvet Cake:
- Prepare Cake:
- Take Ghee, 188g + More For Greasing
- Take 188 g Guinness Stout,
- Prepare 57 g Black Cocoa Powder,
- Prepare 75 g Demerara Sugar,
- Take 75 g Dark Muscovado Sugar,
- Get 113 g Sour Cream,
- Make ready 75 g Eggs,
- Get 1 TSP Pure Vanilla Paste,
- Get 206 g Unbleached All Purpose Flour,
- Take Pinch Sea Salt,
- Prepare Frosting:
- Get 150 g Cream Cheese,
- Get 50 g Demerara Sugar Powder,
- Get 94 g Heavy Whipping Cream,
- Prepare Raw Cacao Powder, For Dusting
The Black Velvet Cake recipe brings a new approach with the choice of cocoa powder, as well as a rich and creamy chocolate marshmallow frosting. Fluffy, moist, and chocolaty, black velvet cake will leave you begging for more. Black velvet buttermilk cake is light, fluffy and has a rich and velvety texture. If you don't have black cocoa, just use regular Dutch process cocoa powder.
Steps to make Black Velvet Cake:
- Prepare cake. - - Preheat oven to 180 degree celsius or 350 fahrenheit. - - Grease cake pan with ghee, lined with parchment paper and grease the paper with some more ghee. - - In a skillet over medium-low heat, melt ghee.
- It will start "singing". - - Once the "singing" is subtle, add Guinness stout. - - Be careful as it may splash. - - It will start to bubble rapidly. - - Once the bubbling is subtle, add in the cocoa powder and sugar.
- Remove from heat and stir to combine well. - - Keep stirring until the sugar has melted. - - In a large bowl, whisk sour cream, egg and vanilla until well combined. - - Add this mixture into the ghee mixture gradually while still stirring.
- In another bowl, combine flour and salt well. - - Fold the flour mixture into ghee mixture in 1/3 portions at a time until everything is incorporated well. - - Transfer the cake batter into the prepared cake pan. - - Wack into the oven and bake for 40 mins or it pass the skewer test.
- The center will rise and crack despite not adding any leavening agents due to the PH level of black cocoa powder. - - Set aside to cool down completely. - - Once the cake is cooled, transfer into a cake stand or a serving plate.
- Prepare the frosting. - - In a large bowl, add cream cheese. - - Using a hand or stand mixer, whip until light and fluffy. - - Add in demerara sugar powder. - - To make demerara sugar powder, simply blitz until powder forms in a spice grinder or blender.
- Continue whipping until well combined. - - Add in the whipping cream. - - Whip until stiff peaks form. - - Spread this frosting on top of the cake. - - Lastly, dust with some cocoa powder. - - Slice and serve warm or chilled.
Black velvet buttermilk cake is light, fluffy and has a rich and velvety texture. If you don't have black cocoa, just use regular Dutch process cocoa powder. You won't get the color, but you'll still have chocolate cake! Add marshmallows and sugar and blend. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cooled cake.
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