Red Velvet Cake with Marshmallow Frosting

This cake looks impressive when finished, and the marshmallow frosting is something a bit more exciting and different than good old-fashioned cream!

The recipe for the cake can be found on the BBC Good Food website, and the frosting at allrecipes.com.

Ingredients

350 g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
1 tsp cocoa powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1.5 tsp baking powder
350 g caster sugar
350 g butter, chilled and diced
200 ml soured cream
1 tsp vanilla essence, plus a few drops for icing
2 eggs, beaten
Red food colouring (as much as needed to turn the mixture to a deep red. Gel is recommended as opposed to liquid colouring).

For the frosting

2 tablespoons unsalted butter       

345g mini marshmallows

55ml double cream

 

 

1. Preheat the oven for 180*c.

2. Sift together the flour, cocoa, bicarb and baking powder.

3. Add the butter, sugar and sour cream, and beat until smooth.

4. Add the vanilla essence to the eggs, and add both to the dry mixture gradually.

5. Finally, stir in your red food colouring until more red, than pink!

6. Add to a greased cake tin, with a based lined with greaseproof paper. Go for a taller tin with a smaller diameter if you want a more impressive finished article.

7. Bake for 30-40 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean from the middle.

8. While cooling, melt your frosting ingredients in a pan over a low heat. They will quickly form a nice, runny texture.

9. Leave this to cool until a bit firmer.

10. When your cakes are cool, slice in half (or 3 layers) and smother your frosting in between each layer, and generously on top.

11. Enjoy with a dollop of thick cream!

 

Difficulty rating: 7/10

 

Wife rating: "Best cake so far!"

 

Toddler rating: Left the cake, ate the frosting.