Second Birthday Cake - Choco Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cake, was so famous in Western Country
Many of them, I mean bakers love to bake this lovely cake!
And I was fall in love with Red Velvet Cake with my first try at Dreamz Bakery

The sourness make you feel like have 2nd...3rd...4th...5th  and more bite on the cake

You definitely will say "May I have one more piece" 

Lolz

Actually, the charming colour of Red Velvet Cake is comes from a plant,
which called Beets
Beets or beetroots is belong to the Chenopodiaceous family.
There are several benefits of beets such as:
1. Good for heart
2. Avoids birth defects
3. Prevent certain cancers
4. Good for liver
5. Prevent respiratory problems
6. Boosts energy
7. Prevent cataract
8. Capillary fragility
9. Mascular degeneration
10. Stroke

Beets juice helps in the production of human sex hormones. In ancient times, beets was used to cure fever and constipation. In the Middle Ages, beets was also used as a remedy for digestive disorders. Besides that, beets leaves are also good for curing wounds.

However, beets contain oxalates which also called organic acids. If one is have too much of beets, it can cause body fluid to crytallize. So people with kidney or gallbladder problems should avoid beets.

*Information retrieved from Organic Facts*

Ok, since it is my Grandpa's birthday
So I decided to make a birthday cake instead of buying from bakery shop
So, switch on Ipad, gear up and google search for the recipe

found a lot of Red Velvet Cake recipes
most of it using artificial colouring to make it red in colour

but I personally think that

Although the RED colour is very attractive and beautiful

but for the sake of our health
and it is so difficult to get beets in Kampar market

It is better not to put any artificial colouring

Especially it is bake for my grandpa

So just make it as Choco Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

My Masterpiece - Not as decorative as Bakery Shop

But still consider good right?

Sorry that couldn't take the picture of the process due to I am rushing to finish it at the evening on that day

So...

Only have this few

The recipe was retrieved from Martha Stewart 

and the Cream Cheese Frosting was retrieved from Pinch My Salt

Please refer to the links above for ingredients and methods

Note: 

(1) The cake body from Martha Stewart is too sweet, so I reduce the amount of sugar to 1 cup, but it is still sweet. Maybe you could reduce more since the ingredients of frosting are mostly sugar.

(2) Personally added about 10 teaspoon of lemon juice into the Cream Cheese Frosting.

It was a bit too liquid, have to modify a little bit next time. First time was the experiment.

By the way, according to my colleague,
she claimed that Red velvet Cake from The Bee & Ben's Cafe is used beets!
Should pay a visit next time!
xoxo