Name: Red velvet loaf cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Baking
Ingredients: 625 ml flour; 500 ml sugar; 30 ml cocoa powder; 5 ml Bicarbonate of soda; 2 eggs; 250 ml oil; 250 ml Buttermilk; 15 ml vinegar; 5 ml vanilla; Food colouring red; 60 g cream cheese softened; 30 g butter softened; 2.5 ml vanilla essence; 180 ml icing sugar

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Ingredients (14)

CAKE

625 ml	flour
500 ml	sugar
30 ml	cocoa powder
5 ml	Bicarbonate of soda
2	eggs
250 ml	oil
250 ml	Buttermilk
15 ml	vinegar
5 ml	vanilla
	Food colouring — red

FROSTING

60 g	cream cheese — softened
30 g	butter — softened
2.5 ml	vanilla — essence
180 ml	icing sugar

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Method:

Super-rich, moist and chocolaty – great for tea time!

Preheat the oven to 180 °C and grease a medium loaf tin.

1. Whisk together all the wet ingredients in a large bowl until combined. Set aside.

2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together all the dry ingredients until combined.

3. Mix together the wet ingredients and dry ingredients until completely combined. Spoon the batter into the loaf tin and bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool for a few minutes then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.

4. Frosting Place cream cheese, butter and vanilla in a bowl. Beat until pale. Gradually add the icing sugar to the mixture, beating until combined. Spoon over the cake.