Christmas Mulled Wine Velvet Cake. 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. I adore the warm, spicy flavours in a glass of mulled wine and just had to echo the taste in a cake for this Christmas.

It's a fluffy, moist cake which is perfect to enjoy with a cup of coffee or hot chocolate.. This Mulled Wine Cake gets you in the right Christmas mood! - Julia. German Mulled Wine Cake for Christmas. You can cook Christmas Mulled Wine Velvet Cake using 23 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Christmas Mulled Wine Velvet Cake

Prepare of For the sponge.
You need 225 grams of unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for greasing tins.
You need 150 grams of granulated sugar.
Prepare 430 grams of dark brown sugar.
You need 4 large of eggs.
Prepare 2 tsp of vanilla extract.
Prepare 530 ml of mulled wine (the cheap, pre-made stuff from the supermarket).
You need 400 grams of plain flour, plus more for flouring tins.
Prepare 130 grams of Dutch cocoa powder (powder that has its acids neutralised, available in supermarkets).
Prepare 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda.
It's 1 tsp of baking powder.
It's 3/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
You need 3/4 tsp of table salt.
You need 1/2 tsp of bicarbonate of soda.
It's of For the filling.
You need 450 grams of mascarpone cheese.
It's 135 grams of icing sugar.
It's 1 pinch of of salt.
It's 1/4 tsp of ground gloves.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg.
Prepare 1/4 tsp of ground cinnamon.
It's 1/4 tsp of orange extract.
It's 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract.

I adapted my mulled wine chocolate cupcakes recipe to make this cake (please forgive the terrible photos if you visit the post, it is one of my very early ones!). 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. The perfect combination of chocolate, wine and cream cheese, this cake is the only extra sweetness your Christmas celebrations need.

Christmas Mulled Wine Velvet Cake instructions

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..
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..
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..
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..

Put on your baking gloves, and get ready for a new Christmas favourite. Heat red wine and mulled wine spice bags in a small pan over low heat until simmering. Mulled wine is typically red wine (but can be white) that is infused with yummy, fall spices like cinnamon, cloves and star anise (this is key) and served warm. Typically, oranges are also simmered into the wine, to give it some sweetness and sometimes a sweetener is added. Put the dried fruit and mixed peel in a saucepan with the port and heat until just simmering.