Fabulous Red Velvet Cake

Recipe courtesy Gale Gand

Show: Sweet DreamsEpisode: Blue Ribbon Winners

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (60)

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Cook Time:
1 hr 10 min
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Yield:
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Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 10 min
Total:: 1 hr 30 min

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Ingredients

1 cup vegetable shortening
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cocoa powder
2 ounces red food coloring
2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vinegar
White frosting, recipe follows

White Frosting:

2 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

In the bowl of a mixer, cream together the shortening, eggs and sugar. In a separate small bowl, mix together the cocoa and food coloring. Add the paste to the shortening mixture. Sift the flour and salt together over parchment. Add to the batter alternately with the buttermilk in 3 additions. Add the vanilla extract. Fold in the baking soda and vinegar. Pour the batter into 2 greased 9-inch cake pans. Bake for 30 minutes or until an inserted cake tester comes out clean. Let cool on a cooling rack. Invert the cakes from the pans.

Frosting: Over medium heat, cook the flour and milk until thickened. Let cool. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Beat in the flour mixture.

Frost the top of the first layer with frosting and set the second layer on top. Frost the entire cake with remaining frosting.

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recipe Fabulous Red Velvet Cake
Patrick Saint Petersburg, FL 11-15-2009
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Was just like Mom use to make and the same recipe
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is the same recipe my Mom made for me and my older brother for just about all my birthdays and the cake always was moist... with a great teast with a hent of coco teast. Cakes are like meats or any food you bake, if you over bake it it will be dry and my and my moms always are most with a great taste. So is the one from McCormick.Read more
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Jessa Ballwin, MO 10-25-2009
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Flavorless..
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

There is like NO chocolate in this. It tastes extremely bland, is dry, and falls apart. First Red Velvet Cake recipe I've... had that didn't work.. McCormick has an amazing one. Read more
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teryi greenville, SC 09-24-2009
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very best red velvet ever
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

this is the very best red velvet recipe i have ever used. most are just too wet and the edges dry out before the center... cooks. this one is light and fluffy and i think it's amazing. i've made over 13 different red velvet cake recipes and i will use this one before any other ever!Read more
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Dani Oak Park, CA 08-11-2009
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Dry, crumbly and NOT fabulous
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

I've had a variety of red velvet cakes from bakeries before and am a HUGE fan. This recipe had come recommended to me, and I... was planning on making this for a dinner party. I am SO glad that I tried it out a few days before hand!!! I followed the recipe to the letter (though i made my own cream cheese frosting instead of the frosting recommended - as cream cheese is the typical frosting used for this cake and not simple white frosting). The cake came out dry crumbled everywhere when I attempted to transfer it from the pan to the plate. When I frosted the layers the cake would stick to the frosting and come apart even more. While the flavor is mediocre, the dryness and how easily it falls to pieces has to rank this recipe very poor indeed.Read more
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Hedi calabasas, CA 06-15-2009
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THE BEST RED VELEVET CAKE I HAVE EVER HAD!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I AM ONE OF THE BIGGEST FANS OF RED VELEVET... I GO TO BARKERYS AND PAY 5 BUCKS FOR THE CUPCAKES OR A SLICE OF CAKE JUST TO... HAVE IT. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME MAKING A RED VELVET AND LET ME SAY IT TURNED OUT AMAZINGG!!! I DID THE TYPICAL CREAM CHEESE FROSTING THOUGH BUT THE CAKE DID NOT TURN OUT DRY AT ALL. PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY USING REGULAR FLOUR INSTEAD OF BREAD OR CAKE FLOUR. BEST RECIPE EVER AND I AM ONLY 18 AND CAN I SAY THIS WAS AMAZINGGGG FOR NOT BEING AN EXPERIENCED BAKER!!! WILL DEFFF MAKE THIS ONE AGAIN! i went thourgh all the red velvet recipes to pick one.. and this one came out great! if you are debating choose this one it has the best reviews!Read more
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Wendy Aiea, HI 03-25-2009
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Great Cake
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I've made this cake numerous times. It was my mom's favorite. One of my son's absolutely hates cake, but whenever I made this... Red Velvet cake he loved it. Everytime I made for get togethers everyone would rave about this Red Velvet cake. I think it's a great recipe.Read more