*Ingredients
°20 cl semi-skimmed milk
°juice of 1 lemon
°2 eggs
°200g caster sugar
°280g T65 wheat flour
°1 sachet of baking powder (10 g)
°15g cocoa
°100g melted butter
°1/2 teaspoon powdered red food coloring
+For the icing:
°500g mascarpone
°250g icing sugar
*Preparation
+For the red velvet cake:
1. Mix milk and lemon juice and let stand. The milk will sour and turn sour, this is normal. You just made homemade buttermilk.
2. In a bowl, beat the eggs with the sugar. Add the flour and baking powder then the milk, melted butter and cocoa. Add food coloring to color the dough red.
3. Pour this mixture into a cake tin covered with parchment paper (about 26 cm in diameter).
4. Bake for 25 minutes in the oven preheated to 180°C. Remove from the oven, turn out onto a wire rack and let cool.
+For the frosting:
1. Mix the mascarpone with the icing sugar, crushing the cheese with a fork. Work the mixture so that it is soft but not too runny.
2. Cut the cake in 2 (in 3 is even better). Spread the mascarpone icing on the inside and place the cake on the presentation dish. Spread the frosting over the top of the cake and along the sides.
Enjoy !
