Blood Red Velvet Cake with Bloody Syringes

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recipe by Donal Skehan http://donalskehan.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    1hr 0mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    8
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    516
based on 3 ratings

This blood red cake is the perfect spooky centrepiece for your Halloween party! The pipettes full of bloody icing are an extra scary touch. Want to see this cake being made from start to finish? Check out the YouTube link below!

Inspired by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qUj6j7zLOQ&autoplay=1

recipe updated Nov 17, 2021

Ingredients

  • Butter icon
    Butter
    90 g
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    450 g
  • Egg icon
    Egg
    2
  • Vanilla extract icon
    Vanilla extract
    1 ½ teaspoons
  • All purpose flour icon
    All purpose flour
    225 g
  • Cocoa powder icon
    Cocoa powder
    1 tablespoon
  • Buttermilk icon
    Buttermilk
    180 ml
  • Food coloring icon
    Food coloring
    2 tablespoons
  • Baking soda icon
    Baking soda
    1 teaspoon
  • White wine vinegar icon
    White wine vinegar
    2 teaspoons
  • Egg white icon
    Egg white
    4
  • Cream of tartar icon
    Cream of tartar
    ½ teaspoon
  • Icing sugar icon
    Icing sugar
    150 g
  • Food coloring icon
    Food coloring
    1 teaspoon
  • Water icon
    Water
    2 tablespoons

Tools

  • kCook icon Stand mixer
  • kCook icon Spatula
  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Parchment paper
  • kCook icon Whisk
  • kCook icon Cooling rack
  • kCook icon Stand mixer bowl
  • kCook icon Springform pan - 8 x 2.5"
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Medium glass bowl
  • kCook icon Glass measuring cup
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Medium bowl

Step preview

  1. Pre-heat oven - 179°C
  2. Line 2 clean springform pans with parchment paper
  3. Add butter and caster sugar to a clean stand mixer bowl
  4. Cream until light and fluffy
  5. Add egg to the batter one by one and continue mixing
  6. Scrape thoroughly and continue
  7. Mix in vanilla extract to the batter
  8. Add all purpose flour and cocoa powder to a clean medium bowl
  9. Whisk briefly until combined then set aside
  10. Add buttermilk to a clean glass measuring cup
  11. Mix dry ingredients into batter bit by bit
  12. Mix milk mixture into batter until smooth
  13. Mix in food coloring to the batter
  14. Add baking soda and white wine vinegar to a clean small bowl
  15. Mix briefly until combined
  16. Stir mixture into batter
  17. Pour batter into 2 springform pans
  18. Bake until springy to touch - 20 min, 179°C
  19. Add egg white, caster sugar, vanilla extract and cream of tartar to a clean medium glass bowl
  20. Set in double boiler
  21. Whisk until sugar has dissolved and turn off heat
  22. Beat until glossy then set aside - 6 min
  23. Add icing sugar and food coloring to a clean small bowl
  24. Add water to the liquid bit by bit
  25. Stir until mixture comes together then set aside
  26. Transfer springform pans onto cooling rack
  27. Let cool completely
  28. Assemble
  29. Drizzle liquid with content of springform pans
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