Recipe: Tasty Red velvet cake with coconut frosting and strawberry toppings

Red velvet cake with coconut frosting and strawberry toppings. The cake was very crumbly and dry. The icing was very stiff and hard to spread on the cake which was already crumbly. There ended up being crumbles of red cake in the white icing.

It was very difficult to cut. Parchment paper helps the cakes seamlessly release from the pans. Make the cake: Whisk the flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt together in a large bowl. You can cook Red velvet cake with coconut frosting and strawberry toppings using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Red velvet cake with coconut frosting and strawberry toppings

1. You need 2 of eggs.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of vegetable oil.
3. You need 1 tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder.
4. Prepare 1 cup of castor sugar.
5. You need 1/8 teaspoon of salt.
6. You need 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
7. You need 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda.
8. Prepare 1 cup of all purpose flour.
9. It's 1 teaspoon of red liquid food colour.

Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on. I love red velvet cake and coconut frosting is my favorite. I would gladly take a giant slice right now. If you lived closer, I would have given you half.

Red velvet cake with coconut frosting and strawberry toppings step by step

1. Mix all liquids, salt, cocoa powder and sugar together in a mixer bowl.
2. Beat on low speed for 2 minutes and fold in flour. Then add your red food colour.
3. Continue beating on low speed for 4 minutes.
4. Grease a baking pan with little butter and pour the batter in. Then bake in a preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until a tooth pick poked in comes out clean.
5. For the frosting, i made use of powdered whipping cream and condensed milk with little water and whipped with a mixer for 5 minutes.

Tip: to make baked cake easier to remove from pan, lightly grease the pan, line the bottom with parchment paper, and then lightly grease the top of the parchment paper and dust the pan with flour. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Alternate adding flour and buttermilk mixtures to the batter, beating on low to medium speed. Combine soda and vinegar in a cup and add to cake batter.