there are so many february birthdays in our family! joseph, jared, (our wedding anniversary too!), my grandfather joseph, and jared david are all within a 8 day period. it's madness! and... the day before joseph's is lyndon, who lives next door to doug's parents. they are super close friends of ours and have been such an amazing help with so many things...
this year we were invited to his little birthday shindig at home and i got to make his birthday cake! we decided on red velvet cake - and my friend google provided a really great recipe here. please find it below translated to australian baking lingo.
ingredients
1 1/2 cups vegetable
oil
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
(1 cup of milk with a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice mixed in)
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups white sugar
1 tablespoon cocoa
powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon bi-carb
soda
2 1/2 cups plain flour
1 bottle red food colouring
(if your bottle isn’t full, doesn’t matter, chuck in whatever is left, it will
still be more than red enough)
method
preheat oven to 180 degrees celcius (160 fan
forced). coat 3, 8-inch round pans with non-stick spray. cut baking paper to
fit in the bottom of the pans.
mix oil, eggs, buttermilk, vinegar, and vanilla on
medium speed until combined. add in the sugar and mix until mixed in.
add the cocoa powder, salt and bi-carb soda, mixing
on medium speed for 30 seconds, or until no lumps remain in the cocoa powder.
turn mixer to low and add in the flour and red food
colouring. mix until smooth.
divide the batter equally into the pans.
bake for 25-30 minutes
cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn the cakes
out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
ice with cream cheese icing. i used this recipe here, doubled.
i was so proud, it looked almost exactly the same as the picture on the website and it was delicious! i will most definitely be making that one again! ♥
