
Baked a Red Waldorf (Velvet) Cake for hubby’s birthday …he has great passion for horses hence the horse-theme and I’ve coated cake with chocolate ganache instead of a white creamy frosting because hubby loves chocolate 🙂

Beat shortening together with sugar & vanilla until well mixed then add eggs, 1 at a time … beating until combined

Seen here, is the chocolate ganache I’m using to coat my single layer cake … you may want to opt for the normal white Creamy Frosting, which makes the cake more attractive ….red & white 😉

If you are coating with Chocolate Ganache, spoon it evenly over cake and let it flows over side of cake … transfer cake to a platter once Ganache sets

The red colour of the cake is not as vibrant against the brown Chocolate Ganache but the cake is still melt-in-the-mouth soft and the Ganache makes it tastes even richer!

A slice of Red Waldorf (Velvet) Cake coated with a thick layer of Choclate Ganache + a glass of Dom Pérignon champagne …. can’t get any better than this to kick-start a birthday celebration 😉

Seen here, is a cake I baked last Valentine’s Day with white Creamy Frosting ….and as you can see, the red colour looks more vibrant against the white frosting 🙂
RECIPE
Ingredients :
2 eggs
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¼ cup red food colouring
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
½ cup shortening
1½ cups sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup buttermilk or sour milk
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vinegar
½ tsp salt
1 recipe Chocolate Ganache or Creamy Frosting
Method:
- Preheat oven to 180ºC … grease and flour two 9 x 1½ inch round cake pans or one 9 x 4 inch round cake pan
- Stir together cocoa powder and red colouring, set aside
- In another small bowl, stir together flour and ½ tsp salt, set aside
- In a large mixing bowl, beat shortening with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds …add sugar and vanilla to shortening, beat until well combined
- Add eggs, 1 at a time beating on medium speed after each addition until combined
- Alternately, add flour mixture and buttermilk ….beating on low to medium speed after each addition just until combined
- Stir together baking soda and vinegar … add to batter, mixing until combined … pour batter into prepared pan(s)
- Bake in pre-heated oven for 30 to 35 minutes for 2 round pans, about 40 – 45 minutes for one round pan or until a wooden skewer inserted into centre comes out clean
- Cool cake layer (s) in pan(s) for 10 minutes … remove cake layer(s) from pan(s) and cool thoroughly on wire rack(s)
- Frost with Creamy Frosting or coat cake with Chocolate Ganache and refrigerate to let frosting/ganache to set