| Prep Time | 45 minutes |
| Cook Time | 30 minutes |
| Passive Time | 1 hour for cooling |
| Servings |
cake (12 servings each)
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Ingredients
For The Cake Batter
- 8.5 oz flour, all-purpose (plain)
- 10.5 oz sugar, white granulated
- 8 oz yogurt, natural (plain)
- 3.33 oz vegetable shortening
- 1.5 oz unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 eggs (about 2 oz or 55 g each)
- 4 tablespoon red food coloring
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon butter, unsalted (to grease pans)
For the Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 4 oz butter, unsalted
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 20 oz powdered (icing or confectioner's) sugar
Ingredients
For The Cake Batter
For the Frosting
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Instructions
Prepare the Ingredients
- If chilled, allow the eggs to stand at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.
- Get the ingredients ready for use by weighing/measuring each ingredient into separate bowls.
- Cut two pieces of parchment paper into circles that just fit into the bottom of the cake pans. Cut another four rectangular pieces of parchment about 10 inches (25 cm) long and 2 inches (5 cm) wide.
Make the Cake
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C).
- Grease the bottom of the pans with about 1/4 teaspoon of butter each. Place a parchment paper circles into the bottom of each pan and grease the tops of the parchment paper and sides of each pan with about 1/2 teaspoon of butter.
- In one medium mixing bowl, mix the cocoa powder and red food coloring together with a tablespoon. Set aside about a teaspoon of the cocoa powder/red food coloring mixture in a separate bowl.
- In another medium mixing bowl, add the flour and salt and stir with the wire whisk until thoroughly combined.
- In the large mixing bowl, beat the shortening with the stand mixer or electric hand mixer on high speed for 30 seconds. Add the sugar and vanilla and beat until thoroughly combined. Add the eggs one a time and beat on medium speed after each addition until thoroughly combined Add the cocoa/food coloring mixture. Alternately add a third of the flour mixture and a third of yogurt, beating on low to medium speed after each addition until just combined. Add the baking soda and beat until combined.
- Pour the batter evenly into the greased pans.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center of each pan comes out clean, turning and swapping the positions of the pans halfway through the baking.
- While the cake is baking, prepare the frosting (see below).
- Cool the baked pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove the cake layers from the pans, remove the parchment paper and cool them completely on the wire rack.
Frost the Cake
- If the cake layer has a domed surface, use a bread knife or a long, thin knife to cut away the dome top so that you end up with cake layers with flat surfaces ready for frosting to be applied.
- On a cake board or cake stand (preferably both, with a cake board placed in the center of the cake stand), place 2 tablespoons of frosting in the center and spread it into a small circle of about a couple of inches in diameter.
- Place one cake layer on the cake board/cake stand and gently use the pastry brush to brush away any loose crumbs. Gently tuck the four rectangular pieces of parchments just under the edge of the cake layer, overlapping one another to help keep the cake board/cake stand clean during frosting.
- Starting from the center and moving to the edge, evenly spread about 1/2 to 1 cup of the frosting on the top of the cake layer.
- Gently place the second cake layer top side down onto the first cake layer and gently use the pastry brush to brush away any loose crumbs.
- Working in quarter sections, spread a thin layer of frosting onto the sides of the cake. Evenly spread about 1 to 2 cups of frosting on the top of the cake, starting from the center. Add more frosting to the sides, again working in quarter sections, blending the edges with the frosting on the top.
- Gently sprinkle the reserved teaspoon of cocoa powder/red food coloring mixture over the top of the cake.
- Slice and serve the cake immediately or chill in the refrigerator to be sliced and served up to 3 days later.
Frosting Preparation
- In the large mixing bowl (washed and dried after being used to make the cake batter, of course), beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla with the stand mixer or electric hand mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
- Gradually add the powdered sugar and beat until thoroughly combined until spreading consistency is reached (test by taking a tablespoon of frosting out of the mixing bowl and spread it on a plate to see if it is thick enough yet still easy to spread without breaking up).
Recipe Notes
Equipment Required (in order of use)
- Up to 12 extra bowls to hold the ingredients
- Kitchen weighing scale (preferably digital)
- Measuring spoons
- Convection oven
- 2 9-inch springform cake pans
- 2 medium mixing bowls
- Tablespoon
- Wire whisk
- Large mixing bowl
- Stand mixer or hand mixer with wire whisk attachment
- Silicone scraper spatula
- Oven mitts
- Toothpicks
- Wire rack
- Pastry brush
- Offset spatula
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