It's that glorious time of year for me when I get made fun of for being one year older. I like the attention I recieve and enjoy spending time with friends. Even though all that is great, my real birthday love is Red Velvet Cake!
There is great debate about where it was discovered and I really don't care. I'm just happy that someone figured it out. So here is a pretty good recipe for this awesome cake!
Red Velvet Cake
Ingredients:
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 1/2 oz red food coloring
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon soda
1 tablespoons vinegar
Preparation:
Cream shortening; beat in sugar gradually. Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition. Make paste of cocoa and food coloring; add to creamed mixture. Add salt, flour and vanilla alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Sprinkle soda over vinegar; pour vinegar over batter. Stir until thoroughly mixed. Bake in 3 8-inch pans or 2 9-inch pans for 30 minutes at 350°.
Cream Cream Cheese Frosting
Beat 8 oz. cold cream cheese (not rock solid, but it means you can use it straight out of the refrigerator) with 5 Tbsp. softened butter and 2 tsp. vanilla until combined. Gradually add 2 c. powdered sugar that has been sifted after measuring. Continue to add more sifted powdered sugar until you reach a consistency and sweetness that fits your taste.
Hi! Found your blog through someone I'm following. I've got a food blog too. I can NOT believe you made this cake!! It looks really great! Is that a picture you made? How do you get the cake so smooth? Mine 's always yummy, but never ever that silky smooth. Tell me your secret!
ReplyDeleteOkay so a year it took for me to post...Moon it isnt a pic of my cake but my comes out pretty dense and moist so that is pretty much what it really looks like. I use very cold ingrdients to make it a bit more dense. However I cant frost as good as the picture shows lol
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