United States
Cooking time - 40 mins
Serves - 12
Difficulty - easy peasy
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1½ cups caster sugar
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup cooking oil
- 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2½ tbsp red food colouring
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- 2½ cups plain flour, sifted
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 400g/14oz cream cheese, at room temperature
- ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 4 cups icing sugar
Method
- Preheat the oven to 175°C/350°F.
- In your Jean Patrique Plastic Mixing Bowls(medium), mix together the butter and sugar until creamy and lighter in colour. Then, add in the eggs.
- In a small bowl, mix together the oil, cocoa powder, red food colouring and vanilla until smooth.
- Stir in the colour mixture and vinegar into the butter mixture until well combined.
- Sift together the flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.
- Add half of the dry ingredients and half the buttermilk to the wet ingredients. Mix well. Repeat with the remaining dry ingredients and buttermilk.
- Dust your Whatever Pan with 1 tbsp of cocoa powder. Pour the batter into your Whatever Pan and bake for 25-30 mins until cooked.
- Allow it to cool completely. Once cooled, remove the top and cut it into half lengthwise.
- While cooling, make the frosting by mixing the cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract until smooth. Beat in the icing sugar until it is light and fluffy.
- Evenly spread 1½ cups of the frosting over the first layer of cake.
- Place the second layer on top and use the remaining frosting to cover the top and sides of the cake.
- Crumble the trimmed pieces of the cake and decorate it however you like.
- Serve and enjoy!
