Red Velvet Cake Recipe With Cherry Juice

Wild cherries are one of our favorite fruits to forage and eat, but depending on the species they can have a somewhat sad fruit-to-pit ratio. Thankfully, you can turn those pits into another delicious ingredient. Using cherry pits as a flour and flavoring agent is a tradition in Native American, Middle Eastern, and Siberian cuisine. In Syria and other nearby countries, an ingredient called

Is made from the ground kernels inside cherry pits and used to contribute an almond-like flavor to baked goods. Being familiar with this ingredient from making cookies with Jordan’s family is what drove our curiosity to use this unlikely part of the fruit. You may have heard while eating an apple as a child that the seeds of many stone fruit have cyanide in them. In fact, the seeds of fruit such as apples, cherries, peaches and apricots contain a compound called amygdalin that is converted to cyanide by our bodies when ingested. Luckily, by heating the cherry kernels the amygdalin is denatured and no longer dangerous. So you can grind up the pits to use in baking and feel confident you won’t be poisoning anyone as long as you don’t go sampling the raw batter. If you’d like to be extra cautious, heat the cherry pits in an oven to at least 300 degrees Fahrenheit for ten minutes before grinding them into flour.

For this cake, we used the entire pit including any dried pulp left from the fruit, making it most similar to “Siberian bird cherry flour, ” which uses the entire, very small fruit of a wild cherry native to the region. To make

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, you would grind only the tiny kernel inside the pit, resulting in a more strongly almond-flavored powder but also requiring a lot more work. This way, we were able to get enough flour to make a cake out of about 1.5 cups of dried cherry pits. After blending the pits in a high-powered blender, we sifted it through a fine mesh strainer to remove any bits too large to use as flour (but save these to infuse in vodka for a DIY almond extract!). The rest of the cake came together easily with grated beets for moisture and color. The end result was delicious and tasted remarkably similar to red velvet cake due to the nutty, slightly bitter, cocoa-like flavor of the cherry pit flour.Easy Red Velvet Party Cake recipe with a lovely cream cheese frosting. Soft, fluffy and so delicious! Make as a sheet or round cake, you decide! This easy red velvet party cake recipe is a great cake to make for a party or celebration.

This cake will keep in the fridge for a couple of days if you wanted to make ahead. It's also freezer friendly so if you wanted to slice it up into portions and freeze individually, perhaps there's just yourself or two of you at home. maybe you want some cake handy in case unexpected visitors come over, then just take a few slices out of the freezer, they'll take no time at all to defrost!

I've made the instructions for the topping flexible so you can choose what you prefer, depending on the occasion. For this cake, I've simply added some of the red velvet cake crumb and chocolate sprinkles. You can also add a few meringue cookies or chocolate shards if you wanted to fancy it up a little.

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For those of you who don't want to use food coloring, you can swap for cherry juice or beetroot juice (same quantities), and that will also give you the characteristic color of a red velvet cake.

I would suggest cherry juice if you're planning on a substitute because the flavor will change very slightly, and cherries do go well with chocolate.

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For this recipe, I've chosen to make the cake in a sheet pan as it is easier to transport to a party and easy to slice too.

You can choose to make it as a round cake (you'll need 2 8 inch round pans) or use the batter to make cupcakes. This recipe will make around 12 - 18 cupcakes.

If you wanted to make a birthday or anniversary cake, I would suggest using 2 round pans and add some frosting sandwiched in between as well as the top and sides.

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If you are going to do that, you will need to double the frosting ingredients to make sure you have plenty to cover the cake.

You can also keep the cake plain and simple, and serve at breakfast or coffee time, imagine a slice of this with your favorite cup of coffee or tea!

So let's get straight to the recipe and see how we make this delicious, moist easy red velvet party cake. Please enjoy!

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Be careful if you choose to swap the food coloring for an alternative as the flavor of the cake may be affected. However, cherries do go well with chocolate!

NOTE: This cake recipe is quite sweet when you take in to account the frosting which also has sugar. If you don’t want such a sweet cake, I suggest you cut the sugar in the cake ingredients down and use 1 & ½ cups or 300g of sugar, and for the frosting, the same amount as the cake batter. Red Velvet cake is generally a sweet cake anyway, but I know some of our fans prefer a less sweet cake.

1. Preheat oven to 350 F or 180C. Grease and line a 10-inch square sheet pan or two x 8 inch round pans

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3. Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed for 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix in sour cream, milk, food color, and vanilla.

5. Bake for 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Make sure completely cool.

6. **Optional: If you'd like to use some cake crumbs for decoration on the top, as in the photos, slice 1cm width off the side of the cake and gently break it up into crumbs, and set aside until you make the frosting.

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Beat cream cheese, softened, butter, and vanilla in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Then once the cake has completely cooled, spread it on top.

If you would like to make a smaller recipe, you can use an 8-inch square pan and halve the ingredients. The cook time will stay the same.

We'd love to hear from you and what you thought of our Easy Red Velvet Party Cake recipe. Did you make any changes or add some other goodies? Let us know in the comments below. Thanks for reading and happy cooking!

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1. Preheat oven to 350 F or 180C. Grease and line a 10-inch square sheet pan or two 8-inch round pans 2. Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.

6. **Optional: If you'd like to use some cake crumbs for decoration on the top, as in the photos, slice 1cm width off the side of the cake and gently break it up into crumbs and set aside until you make the frosting.

1. Be careful if you choose to swap the food colouring for an alternative as the flavour of the cake may be affected. However, cherries do go well with chocolate!

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2. If you would like to make a smaller recipe, you can use an 8 inch square pan and halve the ingredients. The cook time will stay the same.

3. If you want a less sweet cake, please reduce the sugar in the cake batter to 1 ½ cups or 300g and in the frosting, the powdered sugar down to 1 ½ cups or 300g

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