Name: Red velvet lamingtons recipe by Sreemoyee Bhattacharjee at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: Red velvet cake:; Self raising flour - 2.5 cups; Salt - 1/4th tsp; Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp; Unsalted Butter - 1/2 cup; Sugar - 1.5 cup; Eggs - 2; Vanilla extract - 1 tsp; Buttermilk - 1 cup; Red food color - 2 tbsp; Baking soda - 1 tsp; Vinegar - 1 tsp; To make Lamingtons:; White chocolate (chopped) - 1 cup; Coconut powder - 1 cup; Cake crumbs - 1/4 th cup

Ingredients Serving: 10

Red velvet cake:
Self raising flour - 2.5 cups
Salt - 1/4th tsp
Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp
Unsalted Butter - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1.5 cup
Eggs - 2
Vanilla extract - 1 tsp
Buttermilk - 1 cup
Red food color - 2 tbsp
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Vinegar - 1 tsp
To make Lamingtons:
White chocolate (chopped) - 1 cup
Coconut powder - 1 cup
Cake crumbs - 1/4 th cup

Instructions

Sift the flour, cocoa powder and salt together , keep aside.
Now whisk the butter and sugar till it is soft, then add the eggs one by one while whisking till it forms a yellowish paste
Now add the food colour to the buttermilk and mix.
Add 1 part of the flour to the egg mixture, fold in. then add half the buttermilk into it. Repeat the procedure till flour and buttermilk are mixed.
Now add the vinegar to the baking soda and put this into the cake batter. Fold in and then pour it into a cake Tin, bake at 175℃ for 35-40 minutes. (I have baked in batches of 2 trays. So it takes about 25-28 minutes each at 175 degree Celsius). Cool the cakes.
Melt the white chocolate using a double boiler method.
Cut the cake into desired shaped using cooking cutter or a knife (I used a heart shaped cookie cutter).
Mix the coconut powder and cake crumbs and keep aside.
Dip each cake piece into the white chocolate and put them onto the plate containing coconut powder + cake crumbs.
Coat them well on all sides and let it set for few minutes. Serve.

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