Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 slice)
  • Calories:
  • 542
  • Fat:
  • 25 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 11 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 70 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 362 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 73 g
  • Fiber:
  • 1 g
  • Protein:
  • 6 g


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Red Velvet Cake

Grandma's Great Desserts Cookbook
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We have five birthdays in our family in September, and they all request this cake! The recipe comes from my husband's Aunt Edith and makes a cake that's pretty and delicious.

SERVINGS: 12

CATEGORY: Dessert

METHOD: Baked

TIME: Prep: 25 min. Bake: 35 min.

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 cup (2 ounces) red food coloring
  • 3 tablespoons baking cocoa
  • 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar
  • FLUFFY WHITE FROSTING:
  • 1 cup milk
  • 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 4 tablespoons shortening
  • 1-1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine food coloring and cocoa; add to creamed mixture. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in vanilla and vinegar.
    Pour into two waxed paper-lined 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
    For frosting, whisk together milk and flour in a saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, until thick (like paste), about 5 minutes. Cool. Place in a mixing bowl with remaining ingredients. Beat at high speed until consistency of whipped cream. Frost one cake layer; top with second layer and frost entire cake. Yield: 12 servings.


  • Re: Red Velvet Cake

    When a recipe calls for baking cocoa powder, can I use unsweetened cocoa powder? Is it interchangeable in recipes? Thanks.

    808jen
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