Red Velvet Heart Cake

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make a cake "Red Velvet": In a bowl, sift the flour, add soda, baking powder, salt and 1 tbsp. l. cocoa powder. Mix everything thoroughly.

2. Step 2:

   

   In another deep bowl, break 3 eggs, add sugar, beat with a mixer at high speed for 3 minutes, until white. Pour in the vegetable oil and mix.

3. Step 3:

   

   In kefir, dissolve the red food coloring and mix. Pour red kefir into a bowl with eggs. Mix with a mixer. In two stages, add the dry ingredients to the red dough and mix.

4. Step 4:

   

   Grease the baking dish (diameter 25-27 cm) with butter and pour in half of the dough. We send the dough to a preheated 180 degree oven for 20 minutes. We check the readiness of the cakes with a toothpick - it should be dry (in no case over-dry the biscuit). We also bake the second cake.

6. Step 5:

   

   Proceed to the preparation of the cream. Beat mascarpone (cream cheese) and powdered sugar with a mixer. In another bowl, pour very cold cream, whisk until stable peaks. Mix cream with whipped cream cheese.

7. Step 6:

   

   Cut off the sides and the top of both cakes. Cut the sponge cake into crumbs.

8. Step 7:

   

   The bottom cake is liberally greased with butter cream and covered with a second cake. The top and sides of the cake are also lubricated with cream. Sponge cake with butter cream sprinkle with crumbs and decorate as desired.

9. Step 8:

   

   We send the cake "Red velvet" in the refrigerator for a few hours or overnight. Bon appetit!