The Adventure of the Red Velvet & Coconut Lime Cakes
I am not really a cake person. I don't really eat cakes and I don't really like to bake cakes. I am a cooking person and a savoury person. So making desserts are not my forte.
HOWEVER, I like beautiful and unique things and I like to try new things. Although earlier I said I don't to like to bake cakes, I have baked quite a few numbers of cake in my lifetime. hehee.
So anyway, when I saw my friend Mas made this beautiful cake, I was sooooo inspired and excited to try making this beautiful art.
I was so intimidated to try making this cake because the ingredients in the cake are not something I am familiar with in baking cakes such as buttermilk, vinegar and 2 ounces of red colouring!! Mas has asked me few times when I am going to make this cake and gave me the encouragement but I was still doubting myself. heheh.
Then, as I was browsing through blogs, I found this post and seriously, it changed my view and give me the courage to try making this cake. The cake is GORGEOUS and I wanna cry just looking at the contrast between the cream of the cream cheese frosting and the deep red of the cake. I thought to myself, it's ok, if it didn't turn out well, at least I can say that I have tried. Oh btw, I never even tasted a red velvet cake before. It's not really some cake you just buy in any bakery. I think you may find it in up scale cafes. I think I saw in the Apartment menu and Cupcake Chic also sells them.
I decided to make the cake for my Eid open house on Saturday and I took half day leave the day before just to prepare this cake. I also decided to make this Coconut Lime Cake, which I also took from Pinch My Salt. Seriously this blog has become one of my fave blogs, not only it has good recipes (with good story to go with it) and easy to understand instructions, but also amazing photography.
So my adventure begins on late Friday afternoon. At the time I was making the Red Velvet batter, I didn't have buttermilk with me, so I already searched the substitute. Since buttermilk is pretty hard to find in local supermarkets, then the substitute will make do. To replace 1 cup of buttermilk, use a tablespoon of vinegar (or some says can use lemon juice as well) and then pour ordinary milk into the cup to make one cup.
I was so nervous and excited at the same time to make the cake, and yes, red colouring seems to be everywhere. Hahaha. I even used a plastic glove so I won't stain my hand, but still there were some stain on my fingers and hand. hihi.
As I nervously opened the oven to see the result, I was a little bit sad and frustrated because the cake seem flat and not as red. It has this dark brown tint on the surface, but then again, of course, that the top, right?? When Kak Tine (my sis in law), cut the top of the cake to make it even for frosting (I asked her to make the frosting because she is neater than me and kinda pro in making frosting - yes, credit for the frosting goes to her), we can see the deep red cake. We were so excited that the cake turn out to be fluffy, tasty and lovely red! YEAY!
See how red it is!!
Cake in the fridge
Decorated with raspberries and black berries.
Then I also baked the coconut lime cake, but of course it wasn't as intimidating as the red velvet cake because I have made coconut cake before, but this time I used the recipe I found in Pinch My Salt. I followed her recipe exactly except for the frosting (I asked Kak Tine to help of course), I covered the cake with butter cream frosting from here and then covered it with dessicated coconut. I think the cake tasted really good, pretty fancy I think. hehehe. And oh yeah, the cake is small, so if you want to make layers, you have to make 2 recipes. I also used fresh shredded coconut in the batter.
Frosting time.
Covered with butter cream icing, with dessicated coconut and few lime zest as deco ;P
During the open house, everybody was so delighted and in awe (haahaha perasan) to see the cake because I don't think you can see red cakes everyday, and the cake was polished off so quickly. The coconut lime cake was also delicious and soft, it has this tangy lime flavour in contrast of the richness taste of the coconut. I am so happy the cakes turn out so well and that everybody enjoyed it.
Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese frosting and Coconut Lime Cake with Butter Cream frosting - a combined effort of myself & my sis in law Tine.
I AM SO HAPPY! hhehehe.
For those who came for the open house, THANK YOU!!!
HOWEVER, I like beautiful and unique things and I like to try new things. Although earlier I said I don't to like to bake cakes, I have baked quite a few numbers of cake in my lifetime. hehee.
So anyway, when I saw my friend Mas made this beautiful cake, I was sooooo inspired and excited to try making this beautiful art.
I was so intimidated to try making this cake because the ingredients in the cake are not something I am familiar with in baking cakes such as buttermilk, vinegar and 2 ounces of red colouring!! Mas has asked me few times when I am going to make this cake and gave me the encouragement but I was still doubting myself. heheh.
Then, as I was browsing through blogs, I found this post and seriously, it changed my view and give me the courage to try making this cake. The cake is GORGEOUS and I wanna cry just looking at the contrast between the cream of the cream cheese frosting and the deep red of the cake. I thought to myself, it's ok, if it didn't turn out well, at least I can say that I have tried. Oh btw, I never even tasted a red velvet cake before. It's not really some cake you just buy in any bakery. I think you may find it in up scale cafes. I think I saw in the Apartment menu and Cupcake Chic also sells them.
I decided to make the cake for my Eid open house on Saturday and I took half day leave the day before just to prepare this cake. I also decided to make this Coconut Lime Cake, which I also took from Pinch My Salt. Seriously this blog has become one of my fave blogs, not only it has good recipes (with good story to go with it) and easy to understand instructions, but also amazing photography.
So my adventure begins on late Friday afternoon. At the time I was making the Red Velvet batter, I didn't have buttermilk with me, so I already searched the substitute. Since buttermilk is pretty hard to find in local supermarkets, then the substitute will make do. To replace 1 cup of buttermilk, use a tablespoon of vinegar (or some says can use lemon juice as well) and then pour ordinary milk into the cup to make one cup.
I was so nervous and excited at the same time to make the cake, and yes, red colouring seems to be everywhere. Hahaha. I even used a plastic glove so I won't stain my hand, but still there were some stain on my fingers and hand. hihi.
As I nervously opened the oven to see the result, I was a little bit sad and frustrated because the cake seem flat and not as red. It has this dark brown tint on the surface, but then again, of course, that the top, right?? When Kak Tine (my sis in law), cut the top of the cake to make it even for frosting (I asked her to make the frosting because she is neater than me and kinda pro in making frosting - yes, credit for the frosting goes to her), we can see the deep red cake. We were so excited that the cake turn out to be fluffy, tasty and lovely red! YEAY!
See how red it is!!
Cake in the fridge
Decorated with raspberries and black berries.Then I also baked the coconut lime cake, but of course it wasn't as intimidating as the red velvet cake because I have made coconut cake before, but this time I used the recipe I found in Pinch My Salt. I followed her recipe exactly except for the frosting (I asked Kak Tine to help of course), I covered the cake with butter cream frosting from here and then covered it with dessicated coconut. I think the cake tasted really good, pretty fancy I think. hehehe. And oh yeah, the cake is small, so if you want to make layers, you have to make 2 recipes. I also used fresh shredded coconut in the batter.
Frosting time.
Covered with butter cream icing, with dessicated coconut and few lime zest as deco ;P
During the open house, everybody was so delighted and in awe (haahaha perasan) to see the cake because I don't think you can see red cakes everyday, and the cake was polished off so quickly. The coconut lime cake was also delicious and soft, it has this tangy lime flavour in contrast of the richness taste of the coconut. I am so happy the cakes turn out so well and that everybody enjoyed it.
Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese frosting and Coconut Lime Cake with Butter Cream frosting - a combined effort of myself & my sis in law Tine. I AM SO HAPPY! hhehehe.
For those who came for the open house, THANK YOU!!!
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