Name: Blood Red Velvet Cake with Bloody Syringes
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 90 g Butter; 450 g Caster sugar; 2 Egg; 1 ½ teaspoons Vanilla extract; 225 g sifted All purpose flour; 1 tablespoon sifted Cocoa powder; 180 ml Buttermilk; 2 tablespoons Food coloring; 1 teaspoon Baking soda; 2 teaspoons White wine vinegar; 4 Egg white; ½ teaspoon Cream of tartar; 150 g Icing sugar; 1 teaspoon Food coloring; 2 tablespoons cold Water

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Blood Red Velvet Cake with Bloody Syringes

Donal Skehan

Posted April 5, 2022 (Last updated April 5, 2022)

Serves

Total Time

1hrs

Calories

517

This blood red cake is the perfect spooky centrepiece for your Halloween party! The pipettes full of bloody icing are an extra scary touch.

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Ingredients

Butter90 g
Caster sugar450 g
Egg2
Vanilla extract1 ½ teaspoons
All purpose flour225 gsifted
Cocoa powder1 tablespoonsifted
Buttermilk180 ml
Food coloring2 tablespoons
Baking soda1 teaspoon
White wine vinegar2 teaspoons
Egg white4
Cream of tartar½ teaspoon
Icing sugar150 g
Food coloring1 teaspoon
Water2 tablespoonscold

Method

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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