Simple Way to Prepare Homemade Christmas Mulled Wine Velvet Cake

Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, christmas mulled wine velvet cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This year I decided to try making a Christmas-style cake for me to have at Christmas, and hopefully win some of the others away from the evil Christmas pudding too ;). I took a red wine velvet cake recipe that I had and altered it by replacing the red wine with mulled wine, and added some Christmas spices to the icing. Christmas Mulled Wine Velvet Cake step by step. In a mixer on medium speed, cream the butter until smooth.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook christmas mulled wine velvet cake using 23 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Christmas Mulled Wine Velvet Cake:

1. Take For the sponge
2. Take 225 grams unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for greasing tins
3. Get 150 grams granulated sugar
4. Make ready 430 grams dark brown sugar
5. Take 4 large eggs
6. Make ready 2 tsp vanilla extract
7. Prepare 530 ml mulled wine (the cheap, pre-made stuff from the supermarket)
8. Prepare 400 grams plain flour, plus more for flouring tins
9. Get 130 grams Dutch cocoa powder (powder that has its acids neutralised, available in supermarkets)
10. Take 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
11. Prepare 1 tsp baking powder
12. Get 3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
13. Prepare 3/4 tsp table salt
14. Make ready 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
15. Get For the filling
16. Take 450 grams mascarpone cheese
17. Get 135 grams icing sugar
18. Prepare 1 pinch of salt
19. Make ready 1/4 tsp ground gloves
20. Make ready 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
21. Prepare 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
22. Make ready 1/4 tsp orange extract
23. Get 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Spoon the the cake mixture into the prepared tin and level the top. Put the dried fruit and mixed peel in a saucepan with the port and heat until just simmering. Remove from the heat and transfer to a large bowl; stir in the zests and all the spices. Then, change the mixer to low speed and add the hot wine in a trickle while the machine is running.

Instructions to make Christmas Mulled Wine Velvet Cake:

1. Preheat your oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas mark 3. Line the bottom of two 23cm cake tins with parchment and butter and lightly flour the parchment and sides of the pans.
2. In a mixer on medium speed, cream the butter until smooth. Add the sugars and beat until fluffy. Add the eggs, beat well, then the mulled wine and vanilla. Sift the flour, cocoa, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together, over the mixture. Mix with the machine until almost combined, then fold the rest together with a spatula.
3. Divide batter between the tins. Bake for 45 minutes, or until a skewer comes out clean. The top of each cake should be shiny and smooth. Cool on a rack. If your cakes have domed a bit, level the tops using a long serrated knife.
4. In a medium bowl, beat the mascarpone with the icing sugar, pinch of salt, vanilla extract, orange extract and spices at medium speed until the mixture is light and fluffy. Place the first cake layer on a cake stand or plate, and spread with half of the filling. Repeat with the second layers. Chill in the fridge until you're ready to serve.

Remove from the heat and transfer to a large bowl; stir in the zests and all the spices. Then, change the mixer to low speed and add the hot wine in a trickle while the machine is running. Deck the halls with boughs of Hollywood! The cakes are made with mulled wine, or just plain red wine if you like. They have a rich, complex flavour with layers of chocolate, spices and wine, and they are perfect with the smooth, creamy, not-too-sweet orange mascarpone cream.

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