Traditional Red Velvet Cake
From fizzle3nat 15 years ago
- 30 minutes to make
- Serves 12
Most people think that Red Velvet cake has a cream cheese frosting. Not so - the traditional frosting is something much more like the filling in a Hostess cupcake or Twinkie, and that's the frosting featured in this recipe that I received from a very dear friend of mine.
Ingredients
- ⅔ c. shortening shopping list
- 1 ½ c. sugar shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 1 - 2 or 3 oz bottle of red food coloring shopping list
- 2 TBSP. cocoa – DO NOT use Dutch-Process (it makes the cake too dark) shopping list
- 1 tsp. vanilla shopping list
- 1 tsp. salt shopping list
- 2 ¼ cups cake flour shopping list
- 1 c. buttermilk shopping list
- 1 tsp. soda shopping list
- 2 TBSP. vinegar shopping list
- frosting – recipe below shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 350˚F. Grease and flour three 9” round cake pans.
- In large bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and mix well.
- Combine food coloring, cocoa and vanilla and stir in.
- Sift together salt and flour.
- Mix together vinegar, buttermilk and soda.
- Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture to creamed mixture. Blend well.
- Pour into prepared pans. Bake for 30 minutes; cakes are done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool on racks for five minutes before removing from pans. Cool completely.
- Fill and frost cakes with Frosting (recipe below). Garnish with walnut halves and candied cherries (optional). Beautiful three-layer cake with bright red interior.
- TRADITIONAL RED VELVET CAKE FROSTING
- In a double boiler, combine ½ c. flour and 1 cup milk. Cook until thick while whisking constantly; cool completely. Chill. Place in chilled bowl and beat on high for several minutes. Mix together 1 cup softened butter, 1 cup granulated super-fine sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla in another bowl until light and fluffy. Add to first bowl mixture and beat until light and fluffy. Frost between layers and on top.
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Reviewed by 5 people-
This recipe is similar to the New York Waldorf Astoria cake I posted. Favorite cake other than a carrot cake!
jett2whit
in Union City loved it
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This sounds like real red velvet cake!! Can't wait to try it. Thanx!!
fishtrippin
in Estelline loved it
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One of my faves - and love that original frosting. It's a must! Oh yummm - thanks so much. :)
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
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