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Brown Velvet Cake With Fluffy White Frosting Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Lunasea / All my dishes 1 year, 9 months ago This is a recipe from Helen Exum's Cookbook (1982), The Story of a Southern City's Changing Lifestyle, with Recipes for Busy Cooks. Text Excerpt: "The Brown Velvet Cake is the single most requested baking soda recipe of all time. Any good cook... More Prep:20m Cook:20m Servings:12	Lunasea
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Ingredients

Cake:

2 cups sifted cake flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup vegetable shortening

1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar

2 eggs

3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted

1 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk

1 teaspoon vanilla

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Fluffy White Frosting:

2 egg whites

1 1/2 cups sugar

1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar

1/3 cup cold water

1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Cake Instructions:

Sift together flour, baking soda and salt.

Using an electric mixer, beat shortening and sugar in large bowl.

Beat in eggs until mixture is very light and fluffy; stir in chocolate.

Combine milk and vanilla.

Alternately add dry ingredients and liquid to beaten egg mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.

After each addition, beat until smooth.

Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch layer cake pans.

Bake in 350 F oven for 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool thoroughly on rack.

Spread Fluffy White Frosting between layers and on sides and top of cake.

Makes one 9-inch layer cake.

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Frosting Instructions:

Mix all ingredients except vanilla in the top of a double boiler and set over boiling water.

Beat constantly with rotary or electric beater until stiff peaks form, 4 to 7 minutes.

Take off heat and add vanilla.

Beat until of good spreading consistency.

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Cake serves 12.

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Comments

wynnebaer 1 year, 9 months ago said:
WOW.....:)

lor 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Oh this is bad. This is really, really bad. You should be ashamed of yourself ;-) I'm joking because this recipe looks AMAZING!!! Thank you so very much for sharing this recipe with all of us. CHEERS!!!

kimmer 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Very yummy!

mrspotatohead 1 year, 9 months ago said:
This sounds just like a cake my late Mom used to make! Thank you for posting it!!!

mumtazcatering 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Wow!!!!!VICKIE----today you have really made my day!!
first time that i've heard of a brown velvet cake.Picture looks awesome!!!!!!!!
MUMTAZ

shandy 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Thank you for this recipe! My daughter absolutely loves a great chocolate cake. She doesn't like any other sweets. . .I know, strange, but I am going to have to make this for her this weekend. =D

zena824 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Awesome.......what else can you say...

shirleyoma 1 year, 9 months ago said:
Oh yummmmmmm, how did I miss this one!! hugs
got my 5

michellem 1 year, 9 months ago said:
This sounds sooo good! I love the sound of the fluffy white frosting. Im going to make this for my daughters birthday coming up..perfect cake!

cholena 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Gosh ! Beautiful !!!!

trigger 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Hey ,Vickie this cake with it's Fluffy White Frosting is oh so delicious. I should have two Birthday cakes this year. This one just for me and another for the guest.
High 5
Michael

fizzle3nat 1 year, 2 months ago said:
Will try - sounds delicious! You're right about brown sugar enhancing the flavor of chocolate!

pinkpasta 1 year, 1 month ago said:
Vickie...You are so right! Not enough people know about the brown sugar and baking soda thing. The most wonderful, moist chocolate cakes are made with brown sugar, and those made with buttermilk as well.
Thanks...going to print this one.
BIG HIGH 5, and beautiful.
=)
Deb~

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