Posts Tagged ‘Red Velvet’

  1. An Ongoing Love Affair

    December 12, 2012 by The Squishy Monster

    Red velvet can’t live without cream cheese frosting, so it only seemed natural to put them together in a “til death do you part” kind of way.  No need for Kanye West to rally for a prenup here, it’s a match made in Heaven, if I do say so myself.

    How to Make Red Velvet Cheesecake

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    Red Velvet Cheesecake
     
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    Ingredients
    • 2 blocks (8 oz) soft room temperature Cream Cheese
    • 1 c Sugar
    • 1 ts pure Vanilla
    • ¼ c Sour Cream or Buttermilk
    • 2 room temperature Eggs
    • 2 tb sifted unsweetened Cocoa
    • 1 ts Vinegar
    • 2 tb Red Color
    Crust
    • 1 c crushed Cookies/Crackers
    • 6 tb melted Butter

    Instructions
    1. Make sure your cream cheese is very soft and break it apart with your mixer. Blend together with your sugar and vanilla for about 5 minutes until light and fluffy.
    2. Tip in your cream/milk and slowly crack in one egg at a time. Blend well.
    3. Sift your cocoa and sprinkle it in.
    4. Pour in your vinegar and color. Blend well. Make sure not to over beat to prevent incorporating too much air.
    5. For the crust, press together your crumbs and butter onto the bottom of your spring form pan. Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes. Cool completely and pour in your filling.
    6. Wrap your pan in foil and place it in a larger dish/pan. Fill with hot water and allow it to reach half way up its side.
    7. Bake your cheesecake at 350 for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes. Allow it to cool for at least a couple hours before setting in the fridge overnight.

    Notes
    This makes one 6″ Cheesecake

    Click here for my Red Velvet Cupcake …{that will also elaborate on natural tints/dyes} or Cheesecake recipes.

    Naughty or nice, this red velvet cheesecake will do ya right!

    Love and early Christmas cheer,

    Your Squishy Monster ^.~

    Categories: Cakes/Cupcakes Cakes/Cupcakes Holidays Holidays Sweets Sweets Videos | 70 Comments

  2. Some of My Favorite Finds

    February 9, 2012 by The Squishy Monster


    I got all of these at the Dollar Store.  Sure there’s a lot of trash to sift through but sometimes, you can get something that you totally saw at Bed Bath and Beyond for 5 or 6 Dollars and spend less on 3 or 4 than you would on 1.  I know that technically, I’m not suppose to keep my teas in there but I enjoy them for the fact that you can see what’s inside and I can display them outside of my cupboards kind of like edible decoration for my Kitchen.  I also got these Martini Glasses.  I personally wouldn’t have picked Green but that’s all they had.  Whenever I have guests over, I’ve often tucked greenery on the bottom and presented a glass filled with Shrimp Cocktail to each guest.  This picture is worth a thousand moments of enjoyment and well, $6–LOL.

    Also in my freezer, I found left over Cake bits.  Red Velvet from another life (not really-from month 1/2 ago from my last big baking gig).  Which I thought was a perfect opportunity to demonstrate Cake Pops.  I still have left over frosting from yesterday and I so haaate throwing food away.

    In a large bowl, you want to break up Cake and scoop in 1/2 the amount (eyeballed) of Frosting.  With cleans hands or a spoon, you want to mash it together until the mixture sticks together well.

    Then, you’ll want to roll out as many balls as you want.  I find it easier to just do this with your hands.

    First, dip a lollipop stick (sold at any Craft Store or even Walmart/Target) in melted Chocolate
    Second, push the stick into a ball (with your head out of the gutter)! ;)
    Third, pop your tray of balls into the fridge for 20-30 min or so.
    (This is to allow the sticks to set so when you’re eating these pops, the Cake Ball doesn’t just tumble over).

    The last step is the fun part–dipping and decorating.
    Here’s a tip: a smudge (1/2 tb) of veggie shortening in your melting chocolate that’s over a double boiler helps your melted chocolate take on a glossier look and and easier to work with consistency.
    If you’ve never dipped anything in Chocolate before, I’d recommend using melting chips (found at Craft Stores or Walmart/Target).  They’re much easier to work with.

    Easy Cake Pop Stand: Cover a piece of rectangular Styrofoam with wrapping paper then stick the prepared Pop in one at a time.

    Finding Treasures and Yummies in unusual places,

    Love,
    Your Squishy Monster

    Categories: Life | 2 Comments

  3. Red Velvet for Valentines Day

    February 8, 2012 by The Squishy Monster

    For your red-red, bleeding heart!

    JK!!

    I mention in my video that I made so many of these babies, I wanted them to go somewhere else and leave me alone.  They stain your hands if you’re not careful and leave just a remnant of what looks as if you’ve been involved in a murder scene.  After like the 200th Cupcake, you will manage to streak yourself with tint.  It’ll happen and if not the 200th one, the 300th or 400th one, lol.  However, Red Velvet is a classic that shall never die.  I went through a phase where I ate nothing but Cheesecake for every dessert for a month.  Half dare/half obsession, I undertook this obviously futile feat.  I happen to adore Cheesecake but this was definitely not the case even half way through the month.  My point is, too much of anything is never good.  I stick to that.

    VALENTINE’S Red Velvet by The Squishy Monster

    Red Velvet Cupcakes
     
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    Serves: 2 Dozen Standard Size

    Ingredients
    • 2 c Flour
    • 1 ts Baking Soda
    • ½ ts Baking Powder
    • 1 ts Salt (omit if you’re using Salted Butter)
    • 2 tb unsweetened Cocoa
    • 1 c Veggie/Canola Oil
    • 1 stick melted Butter
    • 1½ c Sugar
    • 1¼ c full fat Buttermilk
    • 3 Eggs
    • 2 tb Red Tint
    • Cream Cheese Frosting:
    • 2 8 oz blocks, softened Cream Cheese
    • ½ stick softened Butter
    • Powdered Sugar (use as much or as little as you’d like–Cream Cheese isn’t that snooty, it will yield to you completely).

    Instructions
    1. In one bowl, sift together your dry ingredients: your Flour, Soda, Salt, Cocoa
    2. In a second bowl, beat together your Oil, Butter, and Sugar.
    3. Slowly drizzle in your Buttermilk
    4. Crack in one egg at a time
    5. Tip in your Tint
    6. Scoop level amounts into a lined Cupcake Tin (using an ice cream scoops helps)
    7. Bake @ 350 for 17-22 minutes (everyone’s oven is a bit different)
    8. For the Frosting:
    9. Break up your Cream Cheese and Butter
    10. Add your SIFTED Powdered Sugar a bit at a time until fully incorporated.
    11. Add in some Vanilla if you feel like it

    Notes
    Make sure all of your “cold” ingredients are at Room Temp. If you’re turned off by the Butter and Oil, sub with Apple Sauce instead (but I really wouldn’t) Similarly, if you don’t like the idea of all that tint, you could always tint with Beet Juice or crushed, dried Berries–however, to obtain that deep red, I actually do think it would change the flavor. If you don’t have Buttermilk, you could always combine 1 c full fat Milk + 1 tb Vinegar but I find that nothing beats the true thick tang of real Buttermilk You cannot use Baking Soda and Powder interchangeably It is super important to sift your dry ingredients together before adding them to your “wet” bowl Allow them to cool before frosting Just make sure you cream the Cheese and Butter first then sprinkle in your Sugar (gotta be Powdered) and sifting (and the Butter and Cheese being soft) will ensure you don’t have a lumpy Frosting.

    I guess the point of Valentines is…
    you can be fat AND Happy,
    have your cake AND eat it too?

    Whether you’re with someone or not, rejoice in all the meaningful relationships that you’ve established.

    Wishing you a Happy day of Cake Eating!!

    Love always,
    Your Squishy Monster =D

    Categories: Cakes/Cupcakes Cakes/Cupcakes Holidays Holidays Sweets Sweets Videos | 2 Comments

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