I am not a baker...by any means, but I can usually figure things out in the kitchen. However, planning a surprise get together for a friend's birthday of course means a birthday cake! I thought of a cookie cake at first from Nestle Toll House, but then I thought, our budget is tight right after the holidays, what if I make a cake? I have made plenty of cakes growing up, even homemade icing (grandma's recipe), but never a from scratch cake, it's always been a box mix. So when I asked this friend's husband her favorite cake, he of course said Red Velvet Cake. Now I am red velvet cake lover, but I've never made one...so I was SCARED. First to make a cake I've never made, then to make a cake from scratch. I didn't even realize they sold box mixes for red velvet cake, but they do! However, I started this adventure wanting to make it from scratch...so I did!
First, I wanted to get a good red velvet recipe, so I searched online and found a few, but reviews were mixed, so I remembered a friend having a red velvet recipe on her blog. I went and searched her blog and found a recipe for a Red Velvet cheesecake, which seemed way too much, too. Again, never made a cheesecake, didn't want to take on a cheesecake, red velvet cake, and a cake from scratch all at once.
So I used the recipe on this site, minus, the cheesecake part, but it might be a good recipe to try, now that I have the red velvet under my belt.
Red Velvet Cheesecake
Here is a little snap shot of what I did today:
Ingredients and recipe ready
with flash
Cake batter ready to go in the over
Icing ingredients (cream cheese and butter already creamed together a little bit)
making Cream Cheese icing
final product (very yummy!)
leveling one layer
cooling
silly boy! point of this shot-to try and focus on the cake in front and fuzz out the background (I'm learning)
point of this shot-to try and focus on Andrew and fuzz out the stuff in front of him somewhat! (still learning)
Working on the Final Product:
Paula Deen trick: Wax paper under the cake, then pull it out slowly after icing, to keep the cake plate clean!
layer 1
frosting
layer 2
frosted
Pecans on top
Overall: Very successful first attempt at a home made, from scratch red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting!
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