Red Velvet Cake II

Rating: 4.15 stars
110 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 57
  • 4 star values: 28
  • 3 star values: 14
  • 2 star values: 7
  • 1 star values: 4

This recipe makes a red cake frosted with cream cheese frosting to stand as a bright spot on your holiday table.

By Rhonda
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Ingredients

12
Original recipe yields 12 servings
The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

Directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch round pans.

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  • In a large bowl, mix together sugar, oil, and eggs. Add food coloring and vinegar to buttermilk. Add baking soda to flour. Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixtures alternately to the sugar mixture. Mix well. Stir 1 teaspoon vanilla into batter. Pour batter into prepared pans.

  • Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until done. Remove from oven, and cool on wire racks.

  • Mix together cream cheese, butter or margarine, confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in nuts. Frost cooled cake.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:
693.1 calories; 6.2 g protein; 86.4 g carbohydrates; 72.7 mg cholesterol; 579.1 mg sodium. Full Nutrition

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Butterfly Flutterby
Rating: 5 stars
12/11/2005
I made this today to take to hubby's work Xmas party tonight. This was a huge hit! My changes were to add 1 tsp of cocoa and make sure that the buttermilk and eggs were at room temp. I left out the pecans in the frosting. I used cake flour and still sifted all of the dry ingredients. I used two 9 inch rounds that baked in 27 minutes. I topped with strawberries. I will make this again. Thank you. Read More
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Most helpful critical review

BruceB
Rating: 2 stars
02/04/2007
Original Red Velvet cake is, essentially, a lightly flavored chocolate cake. This recipe is missing the two tablespoons of cocoa powder that are suppose to be included in the cake batter. Read More
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110 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 57
  • 4 star values: 28
  • 3 star values: 14
  • 2 star values: 7
  • 1 star values: 4
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BruceB
Rating: 2 stars
02/03/2007
Original Red Velvet cake is, essentially, a lightly flavored chocolate cake. This recipe is missing the two tablespoons of cocoa powder that are suppose to be included in the cake batter. Read More
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Butterfly Flutterby
Rating: 5 stars
12/10/2005
I made this today to take to hubby's work Xmas party tonight. This was a huge hit! My changes were to add 1 tsp of cocoa and make sure that the buttermilk and eggs were at room temp. I left out the pecans in the frosting. I used cake flour and still sifted all of the dry ingredients. I used two 9 inch rounds that baked in 27 minutes. I topped with strawberries. I will make this again. Thank you. Read More
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KATSKI
Rating: 5 stars
04/22/2005
This is almost the same as my grandmother's recipe except she uses cake flour 2 cups of oil and 1 tablespoon of cocoa. We also use 1 cup of pecans in the frosting. Read More
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Jody Jane
Rating: 5 stars
01/30/2008
This is TRUELY THE BEST ever!!! i have been using this one for years and when taken to the same table as one that has coco in it this one wins hands down! If you want devil's food then don't make red velvet! Read More
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thedailygourmet
Rating: 2 stars
02/20/2008
This cake is definately missing something...not sure where this recipe originated but I've always heard that a red velvet cake should be more than just red...like it should have the taste of devil's food cake but have the red colour. I won't be making this again any time soon. Read More
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MONROE
Rating: 5 stars
12/12/2003
This cake was one of my best cakes & all my friends thought it had an unusual taste tho' there is nothing unusual in it except the colouring. The frosting tho' it was just cream cheese frosting tasted so good.....too good.I'd bake this cake over & over again for family & friends. Read More
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ROCK415
Rating: 5 stars
12/03/2008
This is basically the same fantastic recipe I've been using for 20 years and this is the way Red Velvet is supposed to be done (without cocoa powder - I don't know why people insist on adding it). I use 2 cups of pecans in the icing. THIS RECIPE ABSOLUTELY ROCKS!!! Read More
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DALLIMOMMA
Rating: 4 stars
12/12/2003
I made this cake for my son's 14th birthday at his request for a red velvet cake. He's only ever had the chocolate kind before so this was a surprise to him. But he loved it and so did all of his guests. It was a beautiful red color and unbelievably moist. I added an extra teaspoon of vanilla because I didn't think the batter was very tasty; I'm glad I did it turned out well. I used store-bought vanilla icing (also at his request) and it was fine with the cake. I noticed a very slight bitter taste that I attributed to the HUGE amount of red food coloring in the recipe but no one else said anything about it. I wonder if it would be just as pretty with only 1oz. of food coloring. Thanks for the great recipe. Read More
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emsii
Rating: 5 stars
11/16/2010
ABSOULUTELY PERFECT! 5stars! so moist! so fluffy! i live in england and have tried 2 red velevt recipes and failed in the last few days. was gonna give up and saw this-my last try AND IT WORKED! HEAVEN! as we dont use baking soda in England i used bicab of soda same amount 1.5-2tsp vanilla extract used cider vinegar and not distilled white vinegar. to get a bright red colour i found the best foodcolor is scarlet not red. depends how bright or deep you want it. i love it bright red so found waitrose sold 28ml little bottles by langdale and the colour is scarlet at 34p and i used 2 of them. i had tried the bottles marked red but it came out too deep a red colour for me so i prefer the scarlet colour. for the frosting- mixer high speed-300gram cream cheese pack which is 1.5 amount recipe asks. increase butter to 3/4 cup as had gone up with the cream cheese 2tsp vanilla extract reduce sugar in frosting to 13oz icing sugar called confectioner sugar in US. we dont have it as sweet in England as do there. did toy with putting cocoa but didnt. glad i didnt. this cake came out PERFECT! did find i left it in oven 25-30mins. also if you have an electric fan oven do remember to reduce temperature by 20degrees to 160degrees. i used 2 sprinform 9in tins(base and sides greased lined lightly floured). Tip-used kenwood mixer beat oil eggs caster sugar on highest till very fluffy then add flour b.milk etc on minimum speed. DO NOT BEAT/MIX THEN ON HIGH!! only slowly blend in! XXXXX Read More
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