Recipe: Red Velvet Cake I

I didn't take a photo of a slice but it is the most beautiful deep red you've ever seen!

Mr. Big Food: There are lots of Red Velvet Cake recipes. This is the most unique one I’ve come across.

RED VELVET CAKE I

2 ½ C flour

1 C buttermilk

1 ½ C sugar

1 tsp powdered cocoa

1 tsp vanilla

2 eggs

1 C oil

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp vinegar

2 Tbsp red cake coloring

Preheat oven to 350^o. Cream sugar and oil. Add eggs and beat well. Sift flour, salt, and baking soda together. Mix together cocoa and red cake coloring in a cup and stir in vinegar. Mix well and stir into creamed mixture. Stir in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk and vanilla. Pour into 3 greased and floured 8 inch cake pans. Bake 25-35 minutes or until completely done in center. Cool layers. Spread icing between layers and over cake.

Icing below.

 

ICING

1 stick butter, softened

8 oz package cream cheese, softened

16 oz box powdered sugar

1 ½ C chopped pecans

Cream butter and cream cheese. Beat in powdered sugar until mixture is smooth. Stir in chopped pecans.