Name: Red velvet eyeballs
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 25 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 2 large eggs; 250 ml sugar; 125 ml milk; 80 ml sunflower oil; 1 cocoa powder; 1 tsp Vanilla essence; 1 ¼ cup self-raising flour; Food colouring red gel; 2 tbsp cream cheese at room temperature; 2 tsp icing sugar; 300 g white chocolate finely chopped; Food colouring red gel; 25 spooky eyes

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Ingredients (13)

RED VELVET CAKE:

2 large	eggs
250 ml	sugar
125 ml	milk
80 ml	sunflower oil
1	cocoa powder
1 tsp	Vanilla essence
1 ¼ cup	self-raising flour
	Food colouring — red gel

EYEBALLS:

2 tbsp	cream cheese — at room temperature
2 tsp	icing sugar
300 g	white chocolate — finely chopped
	Food colouring — red gel
25	spooky eyes

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Method:

For the red velvet cake, pre heat the oven to 180°C and line a 28cm x 18cm cake tin. Combine all of the ingredients and whisk until smooth. Pour it into the prepared tin, smooth out the top and bake, 20 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted. Cool in the tin.

For the eyeballs, break the cake into smaller pieces and add it to a food processor together with the cream cheese and icing sugar. Blend for a few seconds until the cream cheese is no longer visible.

Using your hands, form the mixture into 25 balls. Press the mixture together to form the balls and roll it in your palms to give it a rounded shape.

Line a tray with baking paper. Melt 250g of the white chocolate over a double boiler until smooth. Using two forks, dip each cake ball into the melted chocolate, lift it up with both of the forks and allow the excess chocolate to run off. Place each ball onto the lined tray and allow it to set.

Melt the remaining 50g of white chocolate over a double boiler until smooth and colour it red with a few drops of the red gel food colouring. Place it into a small piping bag fitted with a small round nozzle and pipe a dollop onto each chocolate-dipped cake ball.

Immediately place an edible eye sugar decoration on top of the red chocolate to allow it to stick. Allow it to firm up and serve. During hot weather the cake balls are best stored in the fridge.

TIP:

Red gel food colouring can be sourced from specialized baking stores.

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