Paul Hollywood showcased his delicious red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting for a technical challenge on The Great British Bake Off.

The ingredients for the sponge are: 280g unsalted butter, cubed and softened, 245g golden caster sugar, 3 eggs, beaten, 25g cocoa powder, sifted, 2 tsp vanilla extract, 2 tsp red food-colouring paste, 6 tbsp hot water, 270ml buttermilk, 1 tsp salt, 335g self-raising flour, sifted, 1 tsp white vinegar and 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda.

For the filling & icing: 400g full-fat cream cheese, at room temperature, 250ml double cream, 2 tsp vanilla extract, 300g icing sugar, sifted, 200g mascarpone and pinch of salt.

See recipes by Paul in the book titled: BAKE: My Best Ever Recipes for the Classics available from Amazon now.