Red Velvet Cake
- 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
- 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.
- Divide batter evenly between 3 cake pans.
- Bake at 375 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.
-
Icing:
- Mix butter, cream cheese and sugar together until creamy consistency.
- Spread on cool layers. The first two layers should have pecans sprinkled generously on top of icing.
- 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!
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