Photo: Blue Velvet Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Cake:
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 2 ounces blue food coloring
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
Icing:
- 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
- 1 stick butter, softened
- 1 cup melted marshmallows
- 1 (1-pound) box confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Cake:
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 3 (8-inch) round pans.
In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter, mix until light and fluffy. Add the eggs 1 at a time and mix well after each addition. Mix cocoa and food coloring together and then add to sugar mixture; mix well. Sift together flour and salt. Add flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Blend in vanilla. In a small bowl, combine baking soda and vinegar and add to mixture.
Pour batter into pans. Bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from heat and cool completely before frosting.
Icing:
Blend cream cheese and butter together in a mixing bowl. Add marshmallows and sugar and blend. Fold in coconut and nuts. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cooled cake.
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By cooking?
on December 11, 2011
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The cake is very tasty although the frosting is even sweeter than most frostings. I like the combination a lot anyway. It was a fun cake to make! I had never put the ingredients together like that before. I will definitely make it again and even experiment with different colors.
By suzylou6186_104...
White Salmon, WA
on October 30, 2011
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This cake was a great addition to our Sunday family dinner. It was a little heavy but it was moist and flavorful. I like the twist on the cream cheese icing. It went on easily and tasted great, light and not as sickening sweet as some cream cheese icings can be.
By ronnie40
on October 27, 2011
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I made it for me and my family they loved it!!!
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