RED VELVET MELTING MOMENTS

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These classic biscuits are reinvented by Edd Kimber - he merges them with the indulgent red velvet cake with its cream cheese frosting

Provided by Edd Kimber

Categories Afternoon tea

Time 1h50m

Yield Makes 10 biscuits

Number Of Ingredients 12

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Ingredients

250g unsalted butter , at room temperature
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp red paste food colouring (I used Sugarflair)
225g plain flour
35g cocoa powder
85g icing sugar
30g cornflour
50g unsalted butter , at room temperature
125g icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla bean paste
50g full-fat cream cheese
¼ tsp lemon extract (I used Nielsen-Massey)

Steps:

Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and line 2 baking trays with baking parchment. Put the butter and vanilla into a large bowl, and beat until soft and creamy. Add the colouring and beat to combine. Sift the remaining biscuit ingredients into the bowl and mix together until it comes together to form a uniform dough.
Using your hands, roll the dough into small balls (I weigh these so each biscuit is the same size, 20g each), then place 10 onto each prepared baking tray, leaving a couple of inches between each biscuit. Using a fork dipped in flour, press onto each of the biscuits, leaving an indent and pressing the biscuits a little flatter.
Pop the trays into the fridge for about 15 mins or until the biscuits have firmed up slightly, then bake for 20-25 mins. Allow them to cool on the trays for 5 mins before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the filling, put the butter, icing sugar and vanilla in a large bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Add the cream cheese and the lemon extract, and beat until just combined - the lemon extract helps to give the filling a little extra boost of flavour, to help it stand up against the biscuits.
Once the biscuits have cooled, put the filling in a piping bag fitted with a plain round tip and pipe filling on half the biscuits, sandwiching together with a second biscuit.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 418 calories, Fat 28 grams fat, SaturatedFat 17 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 40 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 21 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 3 grams protein, Sodium 0.3 milligram of sodium