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Red Velvet Cake

  • Time preparation 20 minutes
  • cook time 60 minutes
  • Serve Serves 8

  • 200g butter
  • 200g light brown soft sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 medium free range eggs
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 2 x 10g tubes Dr Oetker Gel Food Colour, Bright Red
  • 1 tbsp cocoa
  • FOR THE FILLING
  • 150g butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 200g light brown soft sugar
  • 1 tbsp freeze-fried raspberries

Preheat the oven to 170°C/Fan 150°C/Gas 3. Grease and base line an 18cm round cake tin.

Whisk the butter, sugar and vanilla extract until pale and fluffy. Whisk in the eggs, one at a time, until combined (add a little of the flour if it looks curdled). Mix in the red food colour. Fold in the flour and cocoa.

Spoon into the cake tin and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the cake. Allow to cool.

To make the filling, whisk the butter, vanilla extract and sugar until pale and fluffy

Cut the cake into 3 even-sized horizontal rounds. Spread ⅓ of the butter icing over 1 slice of cake, and then lay another slice on top. Spread this with another ⅓ of the icing and top with final slice. Spread with the remaining icing and sprinkle over the dried raspberries.

Ingredients

  • 200g butter
  • 200g light brown soft sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 4 medium free range eggs
  • 200g self-raising flour
  • 2 x 10g tubes Dr Oetker Gel Food Colour, Bright Red
  • 1 tbsp cocoa
  • FOR THE FILLING
  • 150g butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 200g light brown soft sugar
  • 1 tbsp freeze-fried raspberries

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C/Fan 150°C/Gas 3. Grease and base line an 18cm round cake tin.

Whisk the butter, sugar and vanilla extract until pale and fluffy. Whisk in the eggs, one at a time, until combined (add a little of the flour if it looks curdled). Mix in the red food colour. Fold in the flour and cocoa.

Spoon into the cake tin and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the cake. Allow to cool.

To make the filling, whisk the butter, vanilla extract and sugar until pale and fluffy

Cut the cake into 3 even-sized horizontal rounds. Spread ⅓ of the butter icing over 1 slice of cake, and then lay another slice on top. Spread this with another ⅓ of the icing and top with final slice. Spread with the remaining icing and sprinkle over the dried raspberries.

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