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Red Velvet Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 c. flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 T cocoa
3/4 cup oil
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 oz red food color
2 eggs
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla

Sauce:
3/4 c. milk
1/2 c. sugar

Cream Cheese Icing:
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1/4 lb butter
1 tsp vanilla
4 c. powdered sugar
Directions:
Directions:
Stir the first 4 ingredients together. In another bowl, cream the oil, sugar, food color and eggs together. In a cup, stir the baking soda and buttermilk---it will bubble up. Alternate the dry and liquid into the cream mixture, beating thoroughly. Stir in vanilla. Divide into 2 greased and floured cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 30 minutes or until cake tests done.

To create the sauce, bring 3/4 cup of milk and 1/2 cup of sugar to a boil. As soon as you take the cake layers out of the oven, enenly distribute the sauce over them. Let set for 15 minutes, then remove from pans to cook on a rack.

When cake is cool, frost with cream cheese icing.

For the icing: Cream the cream chees and butter in a bowl. Gradually add the sugar and beat until smooth. Add the vanilla. If it is too thick, add a tablespoon of milk and beat well.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
12
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
25 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
The sauce makes this cake very moist and it is a really pretty cake with the red and white. Great for a Christmas dessert that is out of the ordinary!

 

 

 

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