Green(?) Velvet Marble Cheese Cake

This was the entry I mentioned yesterday. yeay... finally I get to upload the photos.

I was bored. I had a huge pile of laundry to fold and sort. However, I wasn't in the mood to do it just yet. But it's not like I have the choice to just leave the clothes in semi-organised piles? Anyone want out there care to help? Urrgghh...

Tired at looking at the laundry, I went to the kitchen to find something to eat. I remember coming across this blog entry by Maz. It looks tempting.  I like the idea of topping the cake with cheese cake instead of cheese frosting. So, I gave it a go.

Unfortunately, I realised that I had ran out of red food colouring. Not willing to surrender easily to this small hurdle, I used the only available food colouring - green! Therefore, I am calling my freakish creation, Green Velvet Marble Cheese cake.

I can say that it tastes quite nice. Imagine eating red velvet and cheese cake at the same time.Yummy...and I would just love to add some cream cheese frosting on top of it too and wash it all down with some home-made coffee with Starbucks' Toffee Nut syrup. OMG, that would be waaay to fattening. OK, I'd better stop before I fill myself with tons and tons of cholesterol!

Red Velvet Cake

Personally, apart from the rainbow cake, this red velvet is a hit at the moment. I've always been tempted to make this cake but I can't imagine how it tastes like. The ones I've seen, looked so fluffy, velvety, scrumptious, yummy and so beautiful too. Like some sort of small version of a wedding cake.

So, it was quite a coincidence when browsing the internet recently, I came across this...

Isn't it great? It looks simple enough as well. Yeah, right. Tipu jek... But, I still love it and it's not too bad. I don't have the required 9" round pans so I used 1 big 9" round pan instead. My verdict: Use as directed because if you use a big one, you'd need to cut it and as an amateur like me, I nearly broke the cake into pieces. Also, it would take longer to bake and the texture didn't turn out as soft as in the video (as far as I can see).

My version of RED VELVET cake

I just realised that I don't have enough Philadelphia cheese for the frosting. I  only  had one pack at the time. Because of that, I didn't have enough frosting so, I just put a thin layer for that sandwich effect.

That's why it looked so buruks inside