Alhamdulillah now we have new topics in our blog. Cooking and Recipes! Sister Kika  (instagram @kikaramel) from Tokyo is happy to share the recipe of her Red Velvet Cake. It is not just an ordinary cake, it is all vegan-based materials, inshaAllah safe and healthy for everyone. Jazakillah khair dear sister. Can’t wait to taste it? You may contact her for your special day.

Vegan Red Velvet Cake 

For 15cm round cake
Dry:
170gr cake flour
125gr beet sugar
5gr organic cacao powder
1/4tsp sea salt
1tsp baking powder
a tiny pinch of vanilla bean seeds (easily find from amazon.co.jp)

Wet:
200ml soy yogurt
75ml canola oil
4ml Wilton Red-No Taste Icing Color
・Sift dry ingredients and whisk to mix in a mixing bowl
・mix wet ingredients in separate bowl
・pour wet mixture to the dry, fold and mix with rubber spatula
・transfer into a greased 15cm cake tin
・bake in preheated oven, 350F (180C) for 45mins
・Let it cool completely on a wire rack before decorating

Cream Cheese Butter Cream
90gr Organic Vegetable Shortening (or vegan butter), room temperature (find from www.tomiz.com)
90gr Vegan Cream cheese (use 豆まーじゅ from www.cotta.jp)
240gr powdered sugar
1/2 tsp lemon juice
・with electric mixer on low speed, soften the shortening for about a minute
・add vegan cream cheese, mix until well incorporated and light
・add sugar gradually in few batches, keep mixing in low speed on each batches, scrape from the sides as needed
・when all the sugar are in and well mixed, mix with high speed for another 3-5mins until light and fluffy

Arrangement:
・place the cake on decorating plate
・trim the dome from the cake with serated knife, break into fine cake crumbs, reserve for later use
・divide cake horizontally, spread some cream cheese buttercream on the base cake, put back the top part, coat with cream cheese buttercream on all sides, evenly, nicely, make a smooth surface with pallete knife and bench scraper
・sprinkle the cake crumbs on top or as desired

Vegan Red Velvet Cake (@kikaramel)

Vegan Red Velvet Cake (@kikaramel)