Red Velvet cake with cream cheese icing

Red Velvet cake with cream cheese icing

DRY ingredients:

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 Tbsp cocoa powder

1/2 Tsp salt

~~ Mix the above together

WET ingredients:

1/2 cup butter - soft room temperature

2 Cups sugar

~~ Mix with a mixer until combined then add

1 cup canola/vegetable oil

4 egg YOLKs

1 Tbsp vanilla Essence

1 Tsp white vinegar

Alternate combining dry ingredients to wet ingredients with 

1 cup buttermilk

(Dry ingredient, mix, then some buttermilk and mix until all combined

~~ Mix well then combine

Red food colouring (1 - 2 tsp)

4 Egg WHITEs and mix until stiff

~~ Fold in egg whites with the cake mixture

Bake at 350 for 40 minutes (test with a toothpick)

Cream Cheese icing

I trim the cake before icing and I do this when it is cold.

16 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup butter
~~ Mix well

4 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1 Tbsp almond milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Pince of salt

~~ Mix to the above

Borscht Soup

Borscht Soup

Chop up the below ingredients:
7 Cloves of Garlic
4 Stalks of celery
4 Carrots
4 Tbsp of Fresh Ginger
1 Onion
M Medium/Large Beets with stem and leaves

In a pot of water, boil any meat/bones
 - Pork bone, Turkey bone etc.
Remove bone then take all the meat off the bone and add the meat back to the water

 

Add all the vegetables to the water

Then add the below seasonings:
1 Tbsp Cumin
2 Tsp Salt
1 Tsp Cayenne Pepper
1/2 tsp chili flakes
1 Tsp Garlic Salt
1 Tsp Cracked Pepper
1 Tsp Chili powder
1 Tsp Roasted Garlic pepper


Cube two steaks and add to the above

Bring to a rolling boil for 10 min then lower heat continuing to boil for 1 1/2 hours

Then add:
4 Tbsp white vinegar
4 Tbsp Olive oil


~~ Taste and adjust seasonings

Optional additions:
Sugar and sour cream