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Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet cake recipe Red Velvet cake finished

Cake

Ingredients

From original recipe

  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2-1/2 cups cake flour
  • 1-1/2 cups Crisco oil or Wesson oil
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 big bottle 1-5/8 ozs food coloring
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar

Modified v2, 2009

  • 2.5 cups of cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons of Black Onyx cocoa powder
  • 1.5 cups of sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • 1.5 cups of vegetable oil
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon Nielsen-Massey vanilla
  • 2 ounces of McCormick red food coloring

Instructions

From original recipe

"Beat oil and sugar together. Blend in eggs, vinegar and vanilla. Sift together flour and soda. Add to creamed mixture. Blend well. Add buttermilk and food coloring. Beat well. Will make three round layers. Cook for 25 minutes on 350 degrees for each layer to be done."

Modified v2, 2009

  • Beat oil and sugar together.
  • Blend in eggs, vinegar and vanilla.
  • In a separate bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and cocoa powder.
  • Slowly add dry ingredients to wet.
  • Add buttermilk and food coloring.
  • Cook for ~25 minutes at 350 degrees for each layer. My oven takes 32 minutes for both.
  • Makes two layers.

Frosting

Ingredients

From original recipe

  • 1 package (large) cream cheese
  • 1 box 4X sugar
  • 1 stick butter or Nucoa
  • 1 cup nuts
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Modified v2, 2009

  • 1 package of cream cheese
  • 1 box of confectioner's sugar
  • 1 stick of (1/2 of a full package) of Plugra butter
  • 1 cup of toasted pecans
  • 1 teaspoon Nielsen-Massey vanilla

Instructions

From original recipe

"Cream well and spread on cake. Let ingredients be at room temperature."

Modified v2, 2009

  • Soften butter.
  • Cream butter, sugar and vanilla thoroughly.
  • Add cream cheese and mix thoroughly.
  • Add pecans and mix.

Credits

From original recipe

  • Mrs. Cleo Rogers, Mitchell County
  • Mrs. Nelson J. Weathersby, Baker County
  • Mrs. S. A. Sellers, Worth County
  • Mrs. Harvey King, Mitchell County

Modified v2, 2009

  • Becky Bowers
  • Jeremy Bowers
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