Red Velvet – Mini Desserts for Sweethearts

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You'll be whipping up elegant red velvet desserts that are perfect for impressing someone special—starting with creaming butter and sugar, folding in a vibrant red-colored batter, and then assembling individual cake rounds with mascarpone cream or layering trimmings into jars. The baking takes about 25 minutes, but the real charm comes from the decorating and presentation, where you get to be creative with elegant plating.

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Cream the butter and sugar

First, cream together the sugar and butter. Beat for about three minutes, then add the eggs. Keep beating until the mixture is lovely and creamy.

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250 gram
Granulated Sugar

125 gram
Unsalted Butter

2 piece
Chicken Eggs
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Preheat the oven

Preheat the oven to 170°C and line a baking tray with baking paper. Position the oven rack in the middle.
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Fold in the flour

Add the flour, mixed with a pinch of salt and baking powder, to the creamed sugar, eggs and butter.

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250 gram
All-purpose wheat flour

3 gram
Salt

14 gram
Baking Powder

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Mix in the colouring

Whisk the food colouring into the buttermilk (about 1 teaspoon, depending on the type of colouring you use), then add this coloured mixture to the bowl with the batter. Mix thoroughly. If you're using a stand mixer, mix on a lower speed.

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250 gram
Cultured Buttermilk

10 gram
Food coloring
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Bake and make the cream

Pour the batter onto the prepared tray and bake in the preheated oven for about 20–30 minutes. While the base is baking, prepare the cream. Put the mascarpone, whipping cream, sugar and vanilla powder or extract into the mixer bowl and whip until smooth and creamy.

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500 gram
Mascarpone

300 milliliter
Whipping Cream 33%

40 gram
Powdered Sugar

5 gram
Vanilla Extract
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Cut out the rounds

Once the base has baked and cooled completely, cut out rounds using a round stainless-steel food-styling cutter. Line the cutter with clear dessert acetate strips and place one round of cake inside each.
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Layer and decorate

Pipe a little cream on top of the cake round, then you can add another round of cake and more cream on top. Decorate the top however your imagination takes you.

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40 gram
Cake Decorations
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Tip: dessert from the trimmings

You can turn the cake trimmings into extra desserts served in jars. Crumble a layer into the bottom of the jar, add cream, then another crumbled layer, then more cream. You can also add a bit of fruit (ideally something red).

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Red Velvet – Mini Desserts for Sweethearts

Name: Romantic Red Velvet Mini Desserts
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 73 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 gram Salt; 250 gram Cultured Buttermilk; 250 gram Granulated Sugar; 10 gram Food coloring; 300 milliliter Whipping Cream 33%; 250 gram All-purpose wheat flour; 500 gram Mascarpone; 14 gram Baking Powder; 5 gram Vanilla Extract; 125 gram Unsalted Butter; 2 piece Chicken Eggs; 40 gram Powdered Sugar; 40 gram Cake Decorations

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Prep 18 min Cook 35 min

13 Ingredients

8 Steps

Hard Difficulty

Equipment

What you'll need besides the ingredients.

Baking paper

Cake ring stainless steel

Acetate cake strip

Acetate Cake Collar - 35 mm Roll (5 m) 3.5 × 500 cm

Piping bag

One Way Piping Bags 30x17 cm, 100 Pack 30 × 17 cm · 100 pcs per pack

One Way Piping Bags 36x20 cm, 100-Pack 36 × 20 cm · 100 pcs per pack

Preserving jar

What's in it?

1423 kcal

Calories

133 g

Carbohydrates

121 g

Fats

24 g

Proteins

The nutritional information is an estimate and may vary based on the specific ingredients used.

About this recipe

I was asked to create some romantic desserts to order. I played around with a red velvet cake recipe I found in a gourmet magazine and came up with two extra-loved-up treats. I cut rounds out of the cake using a food-styling cutter, and turned the leftover trimmings into a layered dessert in jars.

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Step-by-step method

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Cream the butter and sugar

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Preheat the oven

Fold in the flour

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Mix in the colouring

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Bake and make the cream

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Cut out the rounds

Layer and decorate

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Tip: dessert from the trimmings

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Red Velvet – Mini Desserts for Sweethearts

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