VELVET CAKE Recipe | Guam Food | Guam Recipes

buttermilk

🥗Healthier: low-fat yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + vinegar

Low-fat yogurt reduces calories while maintaining tanginess.

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: neufchâtel cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Neufchâtel has less fat but similar texture.

Set a strainer atop a bowl and add 2 cups of all-purpose flour, 2 tablespoons of unsweetened cocoa powder, 1.5 teaspoons of baking soda, and 1 teaspoon of salt. Sift the dry ingredients together and set aside.

In a mixing bowl, add 2 sticks of unsalted butter at room temperature and 1.75 cups of granulated sugar. Beat until creamed and fluffy.

Add 3 large whole eggs at room temperature, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract, and 5 teaspoons of liquid red food coloring to the butter and sugar mixture. Mix to combine.

In a separate bowl, combine 1 cup of buttermilk with 2 tablespoons of distilled vinegar to create homemade buttermilk. Set aside.

Add half of the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and beat together, leaving some dry ingredients visible. Then add the remaining dry ingredients and the rest of the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined.

Prepare 4 mini loaf pans by greasing them. Pour 1.5 cups of batter into each pan, ensuring the cups are flat and not rounded. Bake in a preheated oven at 350°F for 22 to 25 minutes, checking with a toothpick for doneness.

After baking, cool the cakes in the pans for 10 minutes. Use a thin, flat cake decorating spatula to run along the edges of the cakes to unmold them. Turn the pans over to release the cakes.

Trim any overflow from the edges of the cakes if necessary. Allow the cakes to cool completely before frosting.

For the cream cheese frosting, beat together 1 stick of unsalted butter and 2 blocks (8 ounces each) of full-fat cream cheese until well combined. Gradually add 0.5 cup of powdered sugar, sifting it in to avoid lumps.

Apply a crumb coat of frosting to the cooled cakes to prevent the red cake crumbs from mixing into the final layer of frosting. Let the crumb coat set in the fridge or freezer until firm.

After about 15 minutes, apply a final layer of frosting, starting from the sides and then the top for a clean edge. Use a spatula to smooth the frosting, and if desired, pipe a design on top.

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