Red Velvet Cake

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8–10

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Mountain Cafe Cookbook

By Kirsten Gilmour

Published 2017

  • About

An American-style, lightly chocolatey sponge with lashings of cream cheese frosting; this is a stunning cake that looks super duper and tastes incredible for all occasions.

  • If you can’t get buttermilk, use full fat natural yogurt instead.
  • It really is important to sieve the flour, baking powder and cocoa together four times to get a nice light cake with an even rise.
  • Make sure you mix the red food colouring in really well so you don’t end up