Red velvet! YUMYUMYUM. This recipe is absolutely perfect; moist, flavorful and a luscious color. The only thing I tweaked was the amount of cocoa, I upped it to two tablespoons. This is the link to the recipe I used. Bakerella's blog is so neat! She makes super adorable little treats. Another treat in this post was inspired by her.
I did, however, use my own recipe for the frosting. It's kind of a cream cheese/buttercream hybrid. Nice and fluffy, a pleasant tang, and easy to work with. I made a very large batch, and had plenty left over. I'd scale the recipe down a little next time. It's always better to have extra frosting, than not enough! Here's what I used...
Two 8 oz. blocks of cream cheese (room temperature, cut into pieces)
Three sticks of butter (room temperature, cut into pieces)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 lbs. confectioners' sugar
Beat butter and cream cheese until well blended and fluffy. Add vanilla, and mix in. Add sugar gradually, letting it all mix in before adding more. Frost cooled cake.
Valentine's Day requires chocolate-covered strawberries, so I made some of those too! I feel like I don't have to explain this...send me an email if you need detailed instructions. Otherwise, melt chocolate, dip, EAT!
The third treat I made were cheesecake bites. Bakerella has cheesecake bites on her site, she goes all out and decorates them and puts them on sticks. They're super nice, but I don't have that kind of patience.
After digging out these bad boys and rolling them into balls, they got a quick roll in crushed graham crackers mixed with a bit of cinnamon and brown sugar. I popped them in the fridge, then topped them with some semi-sweet and white chocolate. Check it out!
So many things to eat!!
Cait
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