Thank you so much!Do you have a recipe for a red velvet cake?
Red Velvet Cake
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup red food coloring
2 tablespoons cocoa
2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
Icing
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease and flour three 8-inch round cake pans.
Cream together butter and sugar with electric mixer until fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time and beat well after each.
Make a paste with the food coloring and cocoa.
(It takes a few minutes to get the chocolate to absorb liquid--be patient and keep stirring).
Add this paste to the butter/sugar mixture.
Sift together the flour, salt and baking soda.
Add it to the sugar/butter mixture alternately with the buttermilk, mixing well between additions.
(Begin and end with dry ingredients).
After last addition of flour mixture, stir in vanilla and vinegar.
Beat for another minute and then divide into 3 prepared pans.
Bake for about 35 minutes, or until done.
Cool for 10 minutes and then remove from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
To make icing: Mix flour and milk in small pan and cook over low heat until it is thick (stirring often--constantly near end).
This will take about 10 minute.
Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
Meanwhile, cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla.
Beat until it is very light and fluffy, about 10 minutes.
When the flour mixture is cooled, add it to the butter mixture and beat until just mixed.
Assemble the cake with a thin layer of icing between the layers and cover the top and sides of cake.
Red Velvet Cake Icing
5 tablespoons flour
1/2 lb butter (do not use margarine)
1 cup milk
1 cup powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Mix the flour and milk in a small saucepan. Over medium heat bring to a slow boil while stirring constantly (use a whisk).
Boil until thick, remove from heat, place pan in refrigerator.
While boiled mixture is cooling, using mixer cream together butter, sugar and vanilla. When boiled mixture is completely cool add to butter mixture and beat until very fluffy and thick.
You will really like this cake. I have a carrot cake recipe that is good also if you would like I can send you that recipe too.Do you have a recipe for a red velvet cake?
Buy a chocolate cake mix and load it up on red food coloring. That is all a red velvet cake is!!
Usre Cream cheese icing.
go to ';Rachael ray's'; website or go to ';foodnetwork.com'; for any kind of recipe.
epicurious.com
Red Velvet Cake
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 ounces red food coloring
2 tablespoons cocoa (heaping)
1 cup buttermilk
2 1/4 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vinegar
FROSTING
3 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup butter (must be butter)
Cream shortening, sugar and eggs.
Make a paste of food coloring and cocoa.
Add to creamed mixture.
Add buttermilk alternating with flour and salt.
Add vanilla.
Add soda to vinegar, and blend inches.
Pour into 3 or 4 greased and floured 8'; cake pans.
Bake at 350掳F for 24-30 minutes.
Split layers fill and frost with the following frosting.
Frosting: Add milk to flour slowly, avoiding lumps.
Cook flour and milk until very thick, stirring constantly.
Cool completely.
Cream sugar, butter and vanilla until fluffy.
Add to cooked mixture.
Beat, high speed, until very fluffy.
Looks and tastes like whipped cream.
AllRecipes.com has zillions I'm sure, plus zillions of icing recipes.
Its all user-submitted too, so there's some great recipes.
EDIT: here's one I found that looks yummy and has icing instructions
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Red-Velvet-鈥?/a>
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter, softened
3 cups white sugar
6 eggs
1 ounce red food coloring
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon white vinegar
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
12 ounces white chocolate
1 cup butter, softened
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch pans.
In a large bowl, cream 1 cup butter with sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix food coloring with cocoa and add to mixture.
Add flour alternately with buttermilk. Add vanilla and salt.
Mix baking soda with vinegar, and gently stir into mixture. Be careful not to over mix.
Divide batter into three prepared 8 inch round pans. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 25 minutes. Allow to cool.
To make the White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing: Melt the white chocolate and allow to cool to lukewarm. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in melted white chocolate and softened butter. Beat until it is the consistency of whipped cream, then use to fill and frost the cake.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup butter, softened
3 cups white sugar
6 eggs
1 ounce red food coloring
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon white vinegar
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8 inch pans.
In a large bowl, cream 1 cup butter with sugar. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix food coloring with cocoa and add to mixture.
Add flour alternately with buttermilk. Add vanilla and salt.
Mix baking soda with vinegar, and gently stir into mixture. Be careful not to over mix.
Divide batter into three prepared 8 inch round pans. Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 25 minutes. Allow to cool.
ICING
2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
12 ounces white chocolate
1 cup butter, softened
To make the White Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing: Melt the white chocolate and allow to cool to lukewarm. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in melted white chocolate and softened butter. Beat until it is the consistency of whipped cream, then use to fill and frost the cake.
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all it is, is yellow cake with red food coloring. and white chocolate. duhhhh.
its called betty crocker.
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