Description
These Red Velvet Mini Cakes are perfect for Valentine’s Day!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 TBSP vegetable oil
- 2 TBSP milk
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 oz or 2 TBSP red food coloring
- 3/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
Cream cheese whipped frosting
- 1 cup (no s) heavy cream
- 4 oz cream cheese
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 350 degrees
- Grease a jelly roll pan with shortening and line pan with parchment paper
- Place the eggs in mixer with whisk attachment, and whisk for 5 minutes
- Slowly add sugar and oil, beat well
- And milk, vinegar, vanilla, and food coloring Switch to paddle attachment
- Add dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt) in bowl and mix
- Then slowly add to liquid ingredients, beat for a couple minutes until combined (the batter will be thin)
- Add a thin layer to the prepared jelly roll pan and bake for 15 minutes
- Remove from oven and let completely cool
- Using a circle cutter, cut out cake rounds
To make the whipped cream cheese frosting:
- Place cream cheese in bowl and whip until fluffy
- Pour in heavy cream and beat on medium speed
- Gradually add in powdered sugar and then the vanilla
Assembly:
- Add base of the sponge cake, add and even layer of frosting and top with another sponge layer
- Finish off with a layer of frosting and sprinkle with cake crumbles or powdered sugar
- Cover cakes and refrigerate for 2 hours