Antonio Bachour: Red Velvet Raspberry Trifle (Metric)

Raspberry Gel

• 450 g fresh raspberries
• 115 g sugar
• 1 ½ tsp agar-agar

Red Velvet Cake

• 115 g sugar
• 60 g vegetable shortening plus extra to grease
• 1 egg, large
• 100 g buttermilk
• 1 tsp natural vanilla extract, pure
• 1 tsp white vinegar
• 2 tsp gel food colouring red
• 140 g all purpose white flour
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder, unsweetened, Dutch-processed
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt

Cream Cheese Frosting

• 115 g butter, unsalted diced, room temperature
• 115 g cream cheese diced, room temperature
• 225 g icing sugar

Assembly

• 450 g fresh raspberries