Photo: David Holifield
Red velvet cake
16 ingredients
30 min
Serves 12
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A beautiful chocolate sponge with buttercream icing - perfect for a romantic evening
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
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