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Red Velvet Cake and Cream Cheese Frosting

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The best red velvet cake you have ever tasted!

 "kathrynpaine - This cake is a very heavy and dense cake but oh so moist! You could certainly experiment with the oils, but my family has been making this recipe for years and years and we think it is perfect. Paula Deen has a Red Velvet Cake recipe that is made with butter and has a lighter fluffier texture so you may want to give her recipe a try if you think this one has too much oil. Thanks for your comments. " - rltalbott

Yield: 12 Servings Ready in 45 minutes

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Flour

(4, 16) 75% would make again (reviews)

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 12 Servings
1 3/4 cupVegetable oil
2 cupSugar
2 Eggs
2 teaspoonsCocoa
1 teaspoonVanilla
1 ounceRed food coloring
2 2/3 cupAll purpose flour; sifted
1 cupButtermilk
1 teaspoonSalt
1 teaspoonBaking soda
1 stickButter
1 boxConfectioners Sugar
1 teaspoonVanilla
11 ounceCream cheese
1 cupPecans; chopped

Red Velvet Cake and Cream Cheese Frosting Preparation

Beat oil and sugar together and eggs, one at a time. Mix cocoa, vanilla and food coloring in small bowl. Add to oil mixture. Mix in flour and buttermilk, alternately. Add salt and baking soda and mix well. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes. Cool completely and frost.

For frosting combine butter and cream cheese and then add confectioners sugar and vanilla and whip until light and fluffy. Stir in pecans.

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    • Calories Per Serving: 2527
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    Red Velvet Cake and Cream Cheese Frosting Reviews

    Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]
    3 months, 5 days, 2 hours, 9 minutes ago
    Simple to follow and tastes awesome!
    5 months, 3 days, 20 hours, 27 minutes ago
    Awesome cake
    10 months, 2 days, 15 hours, 3 minutes ago
    About to make this tonight
    10 months, 4 days, 14 hours, 14 minutes ago
    Loved it!!! Thanks for sharing rltalbott!
    1 years, 1 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 14 hours, 20 minutes ago
    This recipe is bulls&@$. I have tried many red velvet recipes but this one is terrible.
    1 years, 3 months, 1 weeks, 2 days, 8 hours, 55 minutes ago
    1 years, 3 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
    This cake is very good but I found the recipe to be poorly written. Maybe it's my lack of experience with red velvet cakes but it would have been nice to know that the cake had to be divided into two pans to cook correctly. I had to cut the oil back to 1 cup and I used 2 cups of confectioners sugar for the icing. Otherwise this recipe held up really well when I married it with a cheesecake.
    1 years, 5 months, 1 days, 11 hours, 4 minutes ago
    Just finished making this and my god is it good. The 'one box' of confectioners sugar threw me off for a second, but 1.5 cups did the trick. Will make again.
    1 years, 5 months, 2 weeks, 1 days, 12 hours, 30 minutes ago
    1 years, 10 months, 1 weeks, 2 days, 10 hours, 33 minutes ago
    PLEASE! Could someone tell me what the deal is with the food coloring thing. Why??? It does not add flavor. who needs red cake. What am I missing?


















    1 years, 10 months, 3 weeks, 4 hours, 11 minutes ago
    kathrynpaine - This cake is a very heavy and dense cake but oh so moist! You could certainly experiment with the oils, but my family has been making this recipe for years and years and we think it is perfect. Paula Deen has a Red Velvet Cake recipe that is made with butter and has a lighter fluffier texture so you may want to give her recipe a try if you think this one has too much oil. Thanks for your comments.
    2 years, 3 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 6 hours, 25 minutes ago
    I made this cake and was wondering if the oil amount was too much. I also think butter might suit me better. Until I experiment with the ratio of fats, I can't recommend this recipe.
    2 years, 3 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 13 hours, 9 minutes ago
    Make it all the time has become my standby cake for oooohs and awes wen entertaining, so moist.
    2 years, 7 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 19 hours, 13 minutes ago
    Made this cake for my mother on Christmas day she loved it so did the rest of my family many asked if it was a store brought cake made me feel good. Great cake will make again.
    3 years, 4 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 58 minutes ago

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    3 years, 9 months, 2 weeks, 3 days, 5 hours, 37 minutes ago

    Tags

    1. Desserts
    2. cake
    3. Flour
    4. American

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