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Red Velvet Halloween Cakes

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These cakes were inspired by Halloween! When I thought about what I wanted to make for my Spooky Halloween Dessert Buffet, a “blood thirsty” red velvet shot straight to the top of my list!

Because I wanted people to be able to see the color of the cake without having to cut into it, clear glass was the best choice for baking the cakes. And what is more simple and readily available than mason jars?

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CAKE:
  • 2-½ cups Cake Flour, Sifted
  • ½ teaspoons Salt
  • 2 Tablespoons Dutch Processed Cocoa Powder (* It Must Be Dutch Processed)
  • ½ cups Butter, Room Temperature
  • 1-½ cup White Sugar
  • 2  Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 1-¼ cup Buttermilk
  • 2 ounces, fluid Red Food Coloring
  • 1 teaspoon White Vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda (heaping)
  • 12 whole 8-ounce Size Mason Jars
  • MARSHMALLOW FROSTING
  • 3  Egg Whites, Room Temperature
  • ¼ teaspoons Salt
  • ⅓ cups Sugar
  • 1 cup Karo Corn Syrup
  • 2 Tablespoons Water
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Bean Paste

Preparation

For the red velvet cakes:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare 12 8-ounce mason jars or baking tins with baking spray.

Sift together the already sifted flour with the salt and the cocoa. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter until soft and fluffy. Add the sugar and continue beating until everything is well combined and again, fluffy.

Add the eggs one at a time and mix until each is well combined into the batter. Add the vanilla and mix well to combine, scraping down the sides if necessary. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk and the food coloring, kind of dissolving the dye into the buttermilk (otherwise it will sit on the bottom of the bowl).

You are going to alternately add the flour mixture and the buttermilk mixture to the creamed butter mixture in three parts, beginning and ending with the flour. Keep mixing the entire time, and scrape down the sides of the bowl to make sure that all of the butter and flour are mixed into the red batter.

Now! In a small bowl add the teaspoon of vinegar. Add the heaping teaspoon of baking soda and mix it with a spoon to combine. It will fizz up, and you should immediately add it to the batter, folding it in with a spatula until well combined.

Immediately spoon the batter into the mason jars. (The batter is pretty thick, so I used an ice cream scooper and it was easier than the spoon I started with).

Bake the cakes at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes. Pull the cakes out and let them cool before frosting.

Marshmallow Frosting:
In the bowl of a standing mixer, whisk the eggs and salt until pale and frothy.

Meanwhile, heat the sugar, corn syrup, water and vanilla paste. Heat over medium flame until the sugar is dissolved and just simmering, about 5 minutes.

With the mixer on medium speed, add a tiny bit of the hot sugar mixture to the egg whites at a time, mixing continually. (Temper the eggs – don’t scramble them! So make sure to drizzle the hot mixture in slowly.)

Eventually all of the sugar will be added and then turn the mixer up to high. Beat the mixture on high for about 5 minutes or until very stiff and shiny.

Pile the frosting onto the cakes as high as you want and put them in the refrigerator to chill for about half an hour.

Using a kitchen torch, toast the tops of the marshmallow frosting. Alternatively place them under the broiler for 30 seconds.

Top them with a creepy skeleton arm for good measure!

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