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Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
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Servings

30 Servings

Ingredients

  • 12 eggs
  • 1 cup + 2 tablespoons rasberry syrup
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 ¾ + 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 ½ cups oil
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 2 cups pastry cream
  • 1 ¾ cups cream cheese
  • 1 ¼ cups powdered sugar
  • ⅔ tablespoon gelatin
  • 2 vanilla beans
  • 2 cups whipped cream
  • Optional: wild berries or flowers for decoration

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 12-inch baking tray or line with parchment paper. (Can also use cupcake molds)
  • Whip together the sugar and the eggs. Fold in the raspberry syrup, then add baking powder and oil.
  • Transfer to baking tray. Bake 30-40 minutes. Remove and cool.
  • To prepare Cream Cheese Frosting: Mix ⅔ of the pastry cream in a mixer with the cream cheese and powdered sugar. 
  • Heat the rest of the pastry cream, and add to the gelatin while still hot. Slowly add the mixture to the other ingredients. Mix and fold in whipped cream.
  • Once the cake is cool, slice in ½ (width) and frost with 1/3 of the frosting over ½ of the cake. Chill in fridge 30 minutes.
  • Layer the other ½ on top, then frost remainder of cake. After top frosting layer, decorate with wild berries or flowers.