Red Velvet Truffles Recipe
These red velvet truffles are soft and moist, covered with white chocolate and has a touch of cream cheese. These beautiful red velvet cake truffles are perfect for Valentin’s day, Christmas, birthdays or any other occasion.
Red Velvet Truffles Recipe
Ingredients
- 2½ cups 310g all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons 16g Cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking soda
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 1½ cups 300g Sugar
- 1 cup 240ml buttermilk, room temperature
- ¾ cup + 1 Tbsp 200g Vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon Vinegar
- 2 Eggs
- ½ cup 115g butter, room temperature
- 1-2 tablespoons Red food coloring
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla extract
- 1 cup 225g cream cheese
- 16 oz 450g White chocolate
Instructions
- DIRECTIONS1. Preheat oven to 350F (175C). 2. In a large bowl sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Stir and set aside. 3. In a separate large bowl, beat butter and sugar until smooth. Add eggs, one at the time, and beat until combined. Add oil, vinegar, vanilla extract, buttermilk and beat until combined. Gradually add the dry ingredients and mix after each addition until well combined. Add food coloring and mix. 4. Pour the batter into –inch square pan. Bake for 35-40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. 5. Let cool completely, then crumble the cake. Add cream cheese and stir until fully incorporated. 6. Roll 1-inch balls of the crumb mixture and set aside. Refrigerate for 15 minutes. 7. Chop the white chocolate and melt completely (in a microwave or over a double boiler). 8. Using a fork dip the balls into the melted chocolate. Then slightly tap the fork against the side of the bowl to trim the excess chocolate and place the truffle on the parchment paper. Place in the refrigerator to set.
with thus can you use the red velvet cake mix instead of making the cake from scratch
I never use cake mix, but I guess you can.
what should i replace the buttermilk with?
1 cup of milk and 1 Tbsp. lemon juice