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Red velvet cake
Photo: David Holifield

Red velvet cake

16 ingredients 30 min Serves 12 openrecipes
Red velvet cake

A beautiful chocolate sponge with buttercream icing - perfect for a romantic evening

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1067
Calories
45g
Protein
37g
Fat
132g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Cheese 1 oz (28g) cheddar 113
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Yogurt 170g plain Greek 100
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Beetroot not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • few sweets to decorate, we used jelly hearts from a sweet shop (optional)
  • 250g butter , plus extra for greasing
  • 200g dark chocolate , broken into chunks
  • 500g plain flour
  • 500g golden caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 200g natural yogurt
  • 400g cooked beetroot in natural juices (not vinegar)
  • 4 tbsp or 2 x 28ml bottle red food colouring (optional- a natural liquid colouring will not work; we used Scarlett Langdale)
  • 200g full-fat soft cheese , at room temperature
  • 250g butter , softened
  • 400g icing sugar , sifted
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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