Red Velvet Berries and Cream Cake Tutorial and Recipes | Vintage Floral Decorating

Welcome and thanks for clicking on this video! This delicious cake has red velvet layers, vanilla bean pastry cream filling, fresh berries, and a pretty pink Swiss meringue buttercream outfit. It involved a bit of work, but I think it’s such a pretty cake inside and out.

Tips I used to decorate this cake: Wilton 104, Wilton 3, Wilton 4, Wilton 2, Wilton 7, Wilton 16, Wilton 199.

You can use for favorite buttercream for decorating, but if you would like to use mine it’s here: Swiss Meringue Buttercream Recipe and Tutorial
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These recipes will make an 8”, 3 layer cake with two layers of filling.

Red Velvet Cake Ingredients:

113 g butter, room temperature
300 g granulated sugar
1 tsp baking soda (15 grams)
1 tsp salt (6 grams)
2 lg eggs (100 grams)
22 g cocoa powder
2 tsp vanilla extract
Several drops of red gel color or 2 Tbsp red liquid food color
320 g all-purpose flour
241 g or 1 cup whole milk with 2 Tbsp vinegar added, room temperature

Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30-35 minutes in three separate 8” round pans. I coat my pans with butter and line the bottom with parchment rounds. Works like a charm!

Pastry Cream Ingredients:

2 Cups whole milk
2 tsp vanilla bean paste
130 g granulated sugar
1/4 Cup cornstarch (40 grams)
6 lg egg yolks
1 Tbsp butter

Other ingredients:

3/4 lb. fresh strawberries sliced
8 oz fresh blueberries