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RED VELVET CAKE Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Cake Ingredients:
1 box of Duncan Hines Butter Cake Mix
3 eggs
1 tsp. cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 box Red food color
1 stick of unsalted butter
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vinegar

Frosting ingredients:
1 stick of margarine
8 oz. package of cream cheese
1 box confectioner's sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup of chopped nuts (1/2 c. toasted walnuts; 1/2 cup pecans)
Directions:
Directions:
Cake:
Mix all ingredients and pour into three greased pie pans.
Cook at 345 degrees for 21 mins. and 40 seconds.
Cool on cooling racks covered with waxed paper.

Frosting:
Cream margarine and cream cheese until smooth.
Toast nuts at 350 degrees for 4 minutes.
Add Confectioner's sugar, vanilla, and chopped toasted nuts.
Cream until smooth and used to layer the three cake pieces and to cover the entire outside.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Editor's Note: Sarah is the second newest member of the Leigh family, and her baby Townes is the newest member. Yet her recipes were the very first to arrive! Thanks, Sarah!

 

 

 

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