Natalie Paull's Red Velvet Layer Cake Recipe - High Tea Society

Ingredients

• cooking oil spray
• 100 g (3½ oz) egg (approx. 2 eggs)
• 60 g (2 oz) egg white (from approx. 2 eggs)
• 5 g (⅛ oz/½ teaspoon) vanilla paste
• 35 g/ml (1¼ oz) red food colouring
• 345 g (12 oz) plain (all-purpose) flour
• 345 g (12 oz) caster (superfine) sugar
• 25 g (1 oz) Dutch (unsweetened) cocoa powder
• 18 g (2/3 oz/3½ teaspoons) baking powder
• 2 g (1/16 oz/¼ teaspoon) bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
• 2 g (1/16 oz/¼ teaspoon) fine sea salt
• 100 g (3½ oz) unsalted butter, squidgy
• 170 g/ml (6 oz) buttermilk, room temperature
• 100 g/ml (3½ oz) vegetable oil