Red Velvet Cake

Submitted by monagrays

"This is a non-chocolate version of red velvet. Different, rich, moist and delicious!!! I prefer it over the chocolate varieties."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 3 layers
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups cake flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup cooking oil
• 8 ounces butter
• 1 1⁄4 cups buttermilk
• 3 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 ounces red food coloring

• Cream Cheese Icing

• 4 ounces butter
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 lb confectioners' sugar (10X)
• 1 cup pecans, finely chopped

directions

1. Mix dry ingredients together. Add remaining ingredients in order, one at a time. Mix after each ingredient is added, batter should be an even shade of dark red.
2. Divide batter evenly between 3 cake pans.
3. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.

4. Icing:

5. Mix butter, cream cheese and sugar together until creamy consistency.
6. Spread on cool layers. The first two layers should have pecans sprinkled generously on top of icing.
7. Optional: Color icing for outer cake with a couple of drops of green food coloring. Ice cake and decorate with pecan halves and cherries for a beautiful Christmas cake or experiment for other holidays!

Reviews

[Bippie]

Absolutely perfect! I hate chocolate, but wanted a red velvet layer in my wedding cake. The baker used your recipe and it was moist and wonderfully delicious. Thanks for helping me make my day extra special!

 

[Dara]

This cake is absolutely delicious! Moist and rich, I love the cake part, but I substitute butter cream frosting for the cream cheese. Yummy!