Mini Purple Velvet Cake Recipe

Utilizing a small 6 inch cake pan, we are able to make the cutest issues! This mini purple velvet cake is the right factor for a Valentine’s Day dessert for 2. Save just a few roses from the bouquet and garnish the cake with them to make this cake lovely.

This mini purple velvet cake recipe for 2 has been on my To Do checklist for some time. Ever since my Mother found that you would be able to double most of my small batch cupcakes recipes and bake them in a 6″ cake pan for a single layer cake, I have been which means to make this!

My Mother is an effective indicator of which recipes we must always make for the positioning. Did you see her visitor put up of Lobster Mac and Cheese for Two? Do not miss that one!

Mini Purple Velvet Cake recipe within the 6 inch cake pan, you could have been ready so patiently to your second! Properly, it is your day–the day earlier than Valentine’s Day when everybody grabs the purple meals coloring and bakes a cake! Use any leftover meals coloring to make these purple velvet sugar cookies, okay?

Learn how to Make Mini Purple Velvet Cake

Technically, this recipe is a quadruple batch of my purple velvet cupcakes, baked in two 6″ cake pans. It makes one small 6″ two-layer spherical cake that’s excellent for 2 individuals, or excellent as a marriage cake topper.

Truly, first, we doubled the cupcake recipe to get sufficient cake for my purple velvet truffles. After one chew, we knew it was time to quadruple it, stack it with cream cheese frosting and revel in.

The Elements

• Oil. Any impartial oil works for this–I usually use canola oil, sunflower oil, vegetable oil, and even avocado oil. Don’t use olive oil or shortening.
• Sugar. Plain white granulated sugar.
• Buttermilk. We actually must actual buttermilk frosting from the shop for this recipe. Generally, when solely a small quantity of buttermilk is required, we are able to use milk with a splash of vinegar, however I actually do not advocate that for this mini purple velvet cake. Search for low-fat buttermilk bought on the grocery retailer.
• Egg Whites. We solely want 4 egg whites, no egg yolks. This retains it tremendous tender and lightweight, and plus, the egg yolk would possibly intervene with the purple shade!
• Purple Meals Coloring. If you happen to use plain purple meals coloring, use 4 teaspoons. If you happen to’re utilizing purple gel meals coloring, cut back to 1 teaspoon.
• Vanilla Extract. Completely essential to the flavoring right here, use 1 teaspoon of actual, pure vanilla extract.
• White Vinegar. All purple velvet cake recipes have a little bit of vinegar to assist them rise and grow to be tremendous fluffy. No, you will not style ½ teaspoon in a mini layer cake.
• All-Goal Flour. We want 1 ⅓ cup, plus ¼ cup of flour. This appears like an odd quantity, however keep in mind we’re quadrupling one other related recipe.
• Cocoa Powder. We want 8 teaspoons of cocoa powder, which is the same as 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons. There are 3 teaspoons in a single tablespoon.
• Baking Soda. One-half teaspoon of baking soda reacts with the vinegar to make the cake rise within the oven.
• Salt.

For the cream cheese frosting:

• Cream Cheese. This cake is minimally frosted (see the pictures) for a particular ‘marriage ceremony cake look’, so it solely requires one 8-ounce block of cream cheese. Soften at room temperature for 30-60 minutes earlier than utilizing.
• Butter. One stick of butter (4 ounces), additionally softened at room temperature earlier than utilizing.
• Powdered Sugar. Sure, 4 cups of powdered sugar, additionally known as confectioner’s sugar (or 10x sugar).
• Heavy Cream. A small splash of heavy cream makes cream cheese frosting so fluffy and simple to unfold. We all know this due to our scrumptious whipped cream cream cheese frosting recipe.

The Directions

1. Put together the cake pans by lining the underside with a spherical piece of parchment paper and evenly oil the edges of the pans.
2. First, make the truffles: utilizing an electrical mixer, beat collectively the oil, sugar, buttermilk, egg white, purple meals coloring, vanilla, and vinegar.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk collectively the flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa powder.
4. Slowly add the dry substances to the moist substances, whereas mixing on low velocity.
5. Divide the batter between the 2 cake pans, and bake for 25-35 minutes, till a cake tester comes out clear. Let the cake cool fully within the pan, after which tip out onto a wire rack.
6. Subsequent, make the frosting: Guarantee all the pieces is room temperature (besides the heavy cream). Beat the cream cheese and butter for about 45 seconds to interrupt it up. Start including the powdered sugar one cup at a time whereas beating. Add the vanilla extract and heavy cream, and beat once more. Add further heavy cream if wanted to type a fluffy, spreadable frosting. Stack the cake layers and frost the cake.

Tools for Mini Purple Velvet Cake

I am utilizing two small 6″ spherical cake pans with 2″ sides. I do not advocate the taller cake pans with 3 inch sides, as a result of they will generally tend to trigger the cake to sink. On that word, anytime you take away a cake from the oven earlier than it finishes baking fully, it should sink. At all times check your truffles with a toothpick, and have a look at the edges of the pan to see if the cake is pulling away from it.

For adorning this cake, there are such a lot of instructions you may go. I just like the look of a ‘bare cake,’ which is when a minimal quantity of frosting is positioned on the surface of the cake after which swiped off. On this case, I be sure to pack fairly  a little bit of frosting between the cake layers to make up for the lesser quantity of frosting on the edges of the cake. See how, in my photograph, you may see the perimeters of the purple velvet cake recipe peeking by means of? I really like this!

Nonetheless, this cream cheese frosting recipe makes sufficient to frost the cake within the conventional approach, if you want. 

I like adorning the cake with contemporary purple roses (be sure they’re unsprayed), however sprinkles or strawberries could be so festive, too!

While you slice into this cake, it reveals the prettiest layers!

Closing Ideas:

Only a word in regards to the measurements within the cake: you may see some unusual stuff, like 1 ⅓ cups plus ¼ cup. I would like you so as to add 1 ⅓ cups of flour to a bowl, after which add one other ¼ cup. I quadrupled my small batch cupcake recipe to make this cake, and a few of the numbers got here out this manner. It makes for an ideal cake, although, so have endurance and bake with precision.

I hope you guys have a fantastic Valentine’s Day! Please let me know when you’ve got any questions, and I’d love see a photograph in the event you make this cake. Take pleasure in!