Velvet Cake using Beetroot

Red velvet cake is one which loved by most of the people. Velvet cake is nothing but the one which is made using cocoa or cornstarch to form a finer smooth texture. Those day cocoa powder contains anthocyanins which react with baking agents and gives red colour, but nowadays cocoa powder is neutralized due to which we need food colour to enhance the appearance.

Here I prepared the same using beetroot, wheat flour also the whipping made out of rava. For a perfect red cake you need to go for food gel colour of good quality, in this recipe I prepared naturally, also use natural cocoa powder, font use Dutch processed cocoa powder. Here I didn't use any food colour, also used natural colour via beetroot due to which it was red while preparing batter, after baking it becomes dark reddish brown.

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 Preparation time: 25mins

Cook time: 45mins

Total time:  1hr 10mins

Serve: 4

Cuisine: Continental

Type: Cake

Author: Nivi Marshal

Ingredients:

For cake:

Beetroot- 1small

Wheat flour - 1cup

Egg - 1

Milk - ¾ cup

Melted ghee- ¼ cup

Cocoa powder - 1tbsp

Sugar - ⅔ cup

Baking soda - ⅓ tsp

Baking powder - ½ tsp

Salt - a pinch

Chocolate essence- 3 drops

Vinegar- 1tsp

 

*1cup=120ml

 

For rava whipping cream:

Rava- ½ cup

Milk- ½ + 1cup

Sugar- 4tbsp

Vanilla essence- few drops

White chocolate- 150gram (chopped)

 

For sugar syrup:

Sugar- 2tbsp

Water- ¼ cup

 

How to prepare Red velvet Cake:

• Peel the skin and slice the beetroot, cook it by adding water, of any water left after cooking allow to evaporate. Allow the beetroot to cool, grind to fine paste in mixer jar.
• In a bowl add the melted ghee, milk, sugar, egg and chocolate essence.  Mix them well and keep aside.
• Now in a separate bowl sieve and mix the wheat flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add this to the egg mixture and mix well till everything combined well. Finally add vinegar and mix well just before transferring to baking tray.
• Grease the cake mould, transfer the cake batter to the mould and tap it twice. In a pan place a stand and keep this cake mould into it.
• Cook in high flame for 5mins and reduce the flame to low and cook for another 30mins. Once cooked cake will leave the sides also you can check using knife. Allow the cake to cool down completely. Red velvet Cake is ready.
• For sugar syrup mix the sugar in ¼ cup of water and keep aside.
• To prepare whipping cream, add rava to a bowl along with ½ cup milk and ¼ cup water, soak this for 15mins. Blend if in a mixer jar to a fine paste, add some milk if it's hard to grind.
• In a saucepan add the paste along with a cup of milk, cook till it thickens. Now add the chopped white chocolate in it and mix well till it melts, allow the frosting to cool. Now transfer to jar, add 2tbsp of milk and blend to thick paste.
• Once the cake reaches the room temperature cut it horizontally into two portions. Poke each portions with fork and spread the sugar syrup on it. Spread whipping cream to the bottom half then place the another half and spread the whipping cream. Cake is ready to serve.