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Ingredients
Cake:
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 ounces red 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
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter, beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one 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 3 (8-inch) round greased and floured pans. Bake for 20 to 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 Likescake
on February 04, 2012
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I made this recipe minus the extra fixings in the icing. I added a half cup of all purpose flour for the tail end of the 2.5 cups of Cake flour. It came out GGGGRREAT! This is a real Red Velvet, simply.
By steph51581_9956057
Saint Clair Sho...
on February 04, 2012
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This may be the PERFECT red velvet cake recipe. This cake had the most flavor (without tasting like a chocolate cake that I have ever tasted in a red velvet cake. The texture was a little dense, but in a good way. The cake came out very moist (though I made it only 2 layers in 9 in pans because that's what I had. I'd also like to point out that 1 ounce of food coloring was plenty, my cake was VERY red and that's all I used. I didn't use the frosting though because I wasn't into the marshmallow. Delicious.
By jk86barron_10405349
Homestead, FL
on January 03, 2012
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This cake had much more flavor than the other I made but it was dry. I may have overcooked by a couple minutes. I used the icing recipe from another recipe. I like a traditinal creamcheese frosting.
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