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Red Velvet Cake II
Rhonda
"This recipe makes a red cake frosted with cream cheese frosting to stand as a bright spot on your holiday table."
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Ingredients
1 h 30 m servings 693 calsOriginal recipe yields 12 servings (1 - 8 inch layer cake)
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch round pans.
- 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 calories; 37.1 g fat; 86.4 g carbohydrates; 6.2 g protein; 73 mg cholesterol; 579 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
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 ...
Most helpful critical review
2/3/2007
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.
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2/3/2007
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.
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 ...
4/22/2005
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.
1/30/2008
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 ma...
1/15/2006
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 de...
5/16/2000
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 frosti...
12/2/2008
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 i...
10/17/2003
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 ...