In which I shamelessly bow to the whims of the masses (one person who replied) and make red velvet cake.
Ingredients
650g butter
650g caster sugar
10 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla essence
650g self raising flour
75g cocoa powder
70ml red food colouring
300g icing sugar [icing]†
500g butter [icing]†
blue food colouring [icing]†
†I generally just make the icing by eye so these aren't accurate measurements.
How-to
Pre-heat oven to 180°C.
Cream butter and sugar together.*
Beat in a ⅓ of the eggs, a ⅓ of the flour and the vanilla essence.
Beat in the second third of eggs and flour.
Beat in the cocoa and remaining eggs and flour.
Add the food colouring.
Mix thoroughly.
Grease two 9'' round cake tins.
Place half the mixture in each tin.
Bake for 1 hr 15 mins (use your judgement mine took a little longer).
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Icing
Cream the icing sugar and butter together.
Add blue food colouring.
Mix well.
Apply liberally to your cake.
Enjoy :)
*You will need a LARGE bowl!
Tom Out!
P.S. Based on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/three-tier_red_velvet_17795