There Red velvet donut it’s a Sweet soft dal Redthe fast version of the classic Red Velvet Cake; with them same ingredients: flour, eggs, sugar, buttermilk, in the mold from Ciambellone! Imagine the same very soft texture And velvetyfrom the heavenly flavour delicately chic And wonderful to be presented; but ready to serve in half the time!
The secret to have a red velvet donut from intended color And brilliantthe rule is always the same: use a powdered dye or thick gel ! Attention to avoid liquid ones because you will get a pale, faded color tending towards pink or brownish! Follow all my advice and just like it was with the original version, it will be a success! In this case, I served with dusting of icing sugar; you can frost with soft royal icing, or make one Red velvet donut with Cream Cheese and maybe add berries, currant ; found all options in the process. Perfect like no stress alternative to the majestic Christmas cake or Christmas log, but also for Saint Valentinea romantic dinner or a Buffet for children (believe me they will love it)! And if you have a few slices left over it’s wonderful for you too breakfast or a simple one afternoon snack .
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Red velvet donut recipe
Preparation | Cooking | Total |
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10 minutes | 50 minutes | 1 hour |
Quantity for 1 24cm donut mould |
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How to make red velvet donut
First of all, make the buttermilk by mixing together the yogurt, milk and vinegar, cover with cling film and leave at room temperature to ferment for 20 minutes to about 1 hour.
In the meantime, preheat the oven and whisk together the oil or soft butter with the sugar and vanilla, slowly add the eggs until you obtain a light and frothy mixture.
Finally add the buttermilk, always whipping at low speed.
Then add the food coloring. if you are using the powder, start with 1/2 teaspoon at a time, if you use the gel one 1 teaspoon at a time, always mix while whipping and gradually evaluate whether to add more.
Remember that you will have to immediately obtain a bright red color because 10 – 15% of the color is lost during cooking,
Finally add the flour previously sifted with cocoa, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt. Whip at low speed until you obtain a creamy and soft mixture.
If you see that your red has lost its hue, add a little more coloring and mix it.
Finally, pour the mixture into a perfectly buttered and floured donut pan:
Then cook in a preheated oven in the middle part at 180° for about 50 minutes. Be careful that it may take less time, it depends on the mold and the oven. after 30 minutes, check, but do not open the oven until a nice dome has formed.
Always do the toothpick test, it must be dry.
Finally, remove from the oven, leave to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn out from the mold.
Leave to cool completely and then sprinkle with icing sugar!
Here’s yours ready Red velvet donut
Delicious variations
If you want you can add some white icingcreating a base of royal icing that is not too dense, pour it over the donut and serve it,
If you want to make it even more majestic, you can decorate it add tufts on the surface typical cream cheese what to find in the Red Velvet Cake; to complete you can add raspberries, currants, strawberries, berries of your choice.
The red velvet donut it keeps perfectly for 2 – 3 days at room temperature, preferably in a cake tin. If it is left over and becomes dry, recycle the leftovers by preparing red velvet truffles!