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Red Velvet Halloween Cake with ghosts and sprinkles
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Vegan Red Velvet Halloween Cake

This spooky Red Velvet Halloween Cake has all the texture and flavour of the classic American cake but with a fun, spooky design.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian
Servings: 12 people
Calories: 453.17kcal

Equipment

  • 2 6 inch cake tins

Ingredients

For the Red Velvet Cake:

  • 500 g self raising flour
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 400 g caster sugar
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 480 ml soy milk
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 250 ml vegetable oil
  • 2 tbsp white vinegar
  • 2 tsp vanilla paste
  • 12 tsp red gel food colouring

For the frosting

  • 225 g vegan butter hard block butter, not spreadable
  • 115 g vegan cream cheese
  • 500 g icing sugar
Metric - US Customary

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F / gas mark 4.
  • Line 2x 6 inch cake pans with baking paper.
  • In a jug, mix together half of the soy milk and half of the lemon juice and leave to curdle.
  • Sift half of the flour and half of the cocoa powder into a mixing bowl and add half of the sugar and half of the baking soda.
  • Add the the vegan buttermilk, half of the oil, half of the vinegar, half of the vanilla extract and half of the red gel food colour to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
  • Divide the batter between the two tins and bake for 25 - 30 minutes or until they are bouncy to the touch and/or a skewer inserted into the centre of one of the cakes comes out clean.
  • Let the cakes cool in their pans for 5 minutes before turning them out on to a cooling rack.
  • Repeat the instructions above to make another 2 layers.
  • While the cakes are cooling, add the butter and cream cheese into a mixing bowl and beat until creamy and smooth.
  • Add in the icing sugar 100g at a time until it is thick but spreadable.
  • Once the cakes are completely cool frost with your own design.

Nutrition

Calories: 453.17kcal | Carbohydrates: 75.58g | Protein: 3.82g | Fat: 15.7g | Saturated Fat: 4.18g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.73g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5.04g | Trans Fat: 0.08g | Sodium: 260.76mg | Potassium: 62.69mg | Fiber: 1.36g | Sugar: 58.58g | Vitamin A: 794.96IU | Vitamin C: 1.92mg | Calcium: 38.34mg | Iron: 0.48mg