Stranger Things Red Velvet Valentine Cake Food

STRANGER THINGS RED VELVET VALENTINE CAKE

Steps:

• TO MAKE THE CAKE:.
• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease two 8-inch round pans.
• Beat butter and sugar until fluffy and creamed. Add eggs and whip. Mix cocoa and red food coloring separately and add to creamed mixture. Add vanilla, vinegar and buttermilk together in a glass. In a third bowl, sift and mix flour, baking soda and salt.
• Begin adding flour to the batter, alternating with the buttermilk mixture, whisking just until incorporated. Mix until just combined, being careful not to overmix.
• Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Out of the oven, cool ten minutes before removing from baking sheet. At this point, they should be covered and chilled until ready to assemble. When creating structural cakes, temperature is key and the colder everything is, the better!
• CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:.
• Cream butter and cream cheese together in stand mixer. Once fluffy, add sugar a cup at a time and beat until airy. Add vanilla and salt and spread over cake and in between layers that require no structural support.
• BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:.
• In a stand mixer, beat room temp butter until fluffy. Add icing sugar one cup at a time. Add whipping cream and salt (and add desired color for the heart section batch). Whip and frost cake.
• ROYAL ICING:.
• Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Use for Lambeth-style decorating as well as webbing on the heart and teeth on the Demogorgon blossoms.
• MODELING CHOCOLATE:.
• Warm corn syrup separately in the microwave. Melt down chocolate or candy melts. Once in a liquid state, remove from heat and mix in warm corn syrup, mixing just until a soft serve texture forms. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and allow to set for 6-8 hours. When ready to use, break off a selected piece and manipulate in your hands until it is soft and flexible again. If it's too soft, you can always fold in a little powdered sugar to help it set up a bit more. Once you have a flexible dough you can roll it out to make the Demogorgon blossoms or sculpt the hand. .
• Tip: I tripled this recipe for my 3-tiered cake. For the third batch, I poured the cake batter into a 6" pan and a 10" pan.

RED WINE CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 325°F Line the bottom of a 9-inch round cake pan with parchment, and either butter and lightly flour the parchment and exposed sides of the pan, or spray the interior with a nonstick spray.
• In a large bowl, on the medium speed of an electric mixer, cream the butter until smooth. Add the sugars and beat until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the egg and yolk and beat well, then the red wine and vanilla. Don't worry if the batter looks a little uneven.
• Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt together, right over your wet ingredients. Mix until 3/4 combined, then fold the rest together with a rubber spatula. Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. The top of the cake should be shiny and smooth, like a puddle of chocolate. Cool in pan on a rack for about 10 minutes, then flip out of pan and cool the rest of the way on a cooling rack. This cake keeps well at room temperature or in the fridge. It looks pretty dusted with powdered sugar.
• Make the topping: Whip mascarpone, cream, sugar and vanilla together until soft peaks form - don't overwhip. Dollop generously on each slice of cake. It can also be covered and refrigerated for up to 4 hours.

STRANGER THINGS RING POP CAKES

Steps:

• WHAT YOU WILL NEED:.
• White cake, buttercream frosting, royal icing, shortbread, white candy melts, silver sugar beads, silver powder paint and unflavored vodka (to paint on the powder paint).
• WHITE CAKE:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, sift flours, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
• In stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Once creamed, add egg whites.
• In a glass, whisk together vanilla and milk. Begin adding flour mixture to the butter, sugar and egg batter, alternating with the milk mixture, whisking just until incorporated.
• Mix until just combined, being careful not to over-mix.
• Pour batter into two buttered and floured 9-inch pans. Bake in preheated oven until a tester, inserted into the cake, comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
• Out of the oven, cool the pans for 10 minutes before removing from baking sheet. At which point, they should be covered and chilled until ready to use.
• BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:.
• In a stand mixer, beat room-temperature butter until fluffy.
• Add icing sugar one cup at a time. Then add whipping cream and salt and mix until combined.
• SHORTBREAD BASE:.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a stand mixer, cream butter and powdered sugar. Add vanilla and flour and mix until dough ball forms. Roll out and cut out circular shapes, ring holes and a thin pipe shapes (as shown in photos). Place them on parchment-lined baking sheet and bake 6-8 minutes until just golden brown.
• Once cooled, assemble using royal icing. (NOTE: I used a clean Dremel tool to perfect the edges and drill-out lock and key sections of my bases. Purchasing one to using only for baking has been a great investment.).
• ASSEMBLY:.
• Remove chilled cakes from fridge. Using a serrated blade, remove every edge and brown section, leaving only the fluffy white cake interior.
• Crumb into bowl and mix in buttercream frosting. From into 2-3 inch balls and freeze on a parchment-lined sheet.
• Once frozen, take out one at a time. Using a sharp blade, slice into a ring pop diamond form and set back into freezer.
• Melt white candy melts and insert a sharpened wooden dowel into the end base of the diamond cake ball and dip it into the melted candy melts. Tap gently until all excess has dripped off and have a toothpick handy to pierce any air bubbles.
• Stick base of wooden dowel in a foam carton so the diamond won't be disturbed.
• Once set, remove from wooden dowel. Using a little melting chocolate, adhere it to the shortbread cookie base. Once set and firm, chill for another 10 minutes and decorate with royal icing, sugar beads and silver powder paint.
• (NOTE: I worked with each one at a time and kept whatever I wasn't working on in the fridge for ensured rigidity of the diamond.).

AARSI'S ULTIMATE VALENTINE CAKE

Steps:

• Method for Cake:
• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and 7 tablespoons of powdered sugar. Set aside.
• Using the paddle attachment, start beating the egg yolks in a bowl.
• While beating the eggs, very slowly add water. Combine well.
• Now slowly add the oil to create an emulsion (smooth consistency).
• Add the sifted flour mixture in several batches to form a smooth batter.
• Add the cardamom seeds. Mix for another ten-fifteen seconds. Set aside.
• In a separate bowl, start beating egg whites while gradually adding seven tablespoons of powdered sugar.
• Beat until this mixture forms peaks and triples in volume.
• Gently, fold the egg whites into the egg yolk and flour batter. Do this in three batches and do not over mix.
• Pour the batter on to a 12" x 16" baking sheet, which has been coated with cooking spray and dusted with all-purpose flour.
• Place this tray on the top rack of the preheated oven.
• Bake until the cake tester comes out clean. It should take about ten to fifteen minutes, depending on the oven.
• When the cake is baked, take the baking sheet out of the oven and place it on a cooling rack. Bring to room temperature.
• Using a 3-inch cookie cutter cut 12 circles out of the cake sheet. Set them aside.
• Method for Rose Frosting:
• Start beating 1 Cup heavy whipping cream in a mixer bowl, using a whisk attachment.
• Once frothy, gradually add the powdered sugar.
• Once the sugar is combined, add the food color with the help of a toothpick.
• Add the rose water.
• Continue beating until it triples in volume and forms peaks.
• Place the frosting in a zip lock bag. Seal the bag to remove air. Push the frosting to one corner and snip that corner of the bag.
• Garnishing:
• Unsalted Shelled Pistachios, chopped.
• Edible Dried Rose Petals.
• Once, you have the frosting ready and the cake cooled, its time to get creative!
• Assembling:.
• Place one cake circle at the bottom of a glass bowl.
• Pipe the prepared frosting to cover this cake circle.
• Place another cake circle on top of this frosting and repeat part 2.
• Garnish with pistachios and rose petals.