Grandmother Paula's Red Velvet Cake

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I made this cake for Christmas this year and let me just say it was the best red velvet cake I have ever put in my mouth! If you follow the directions to a T and DO NOT change a thing for making the cake it will be great. Remember to use unsalted butter and cake flour. It makes all the difference in the world. I did not use the icing recipe because I do not like coconut or nuts. Instead I used 3 cups of powder sugar, 1-1/4 stick of unsalted butter and 2-8oz blocks of cream cheese with a tsp of vanilla flavoring. Let me just say I will be making this recipe again. Thanks Paula!

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The cake was perfect... my wife bakes wants to open a bakery and was shocked i did so well... I did do a little tweaking to make it something my wife would like more but very slightly deviated from recipe.... i will say that the frosting is delicious but i had a bit to much marshmallow and it pulled at the cake a bit while applying it. great recipe and will now be part of our Christmas tradition.

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This cake came out sooooooooooooooo moist and the frosting was deeeeeelicious!!! Anyone who got a dry cake most likely overcooked it because this cake literally melted in my mouth! My family loved it for christmas! I omitted the pecans since my grandma can't eat them and the coconut cause I personally hate coconut. Since I didn't have cake flour, I used 2 1/2 cups of all purpose minus 2 tablespoons and replace those 2 tablespoons with corn starch. Also, I didn't have buttermilk so I used a substitute of a little bit less than 1 cup of my 2% milk with 1 tablespoon of white vinegar. Again, this cake is amazing!! Paula never let's me down

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I cheated and made a box cake mix with this recipe, so I can't tell you about the cake portion, but the icing was awful. When I first made it it was TOO soft to actually ice anything, so I let it sit in the fridge overnight, and in the morning it was crazy sticky. At least it stuck on the cupcake cakes I made. There was enough icing to cover two dozen cupcakes, though.

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great !!

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I rate this recipe with a 3 star only... Good instead of Fair. Personally, I thought it was delicious. Very dense, and I'm not used to that in a cake. The very same reason, actually, that the majority of my guests did not care for this cake at all. The flavor is incredible to me though. I will try this cake again, but I will try adding the baking soda to the dry and the vinegar to the wet as some reviews called for. I also left the coconut and nuts out of my frosting as my stepdad is allergic. The frosting was incredible!! So over all, I can't stop eating it, but 8 out of 12 of my guests took 1 or 2 bites and did not eat any more... I followed the recipe to a T ... so I'm just really unsure how this should have turned out. I will post again when I try this a 2nd time.

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I made this recipe for the first time last year for Thanksgiving. It was easy to make and turned out wonderful. This was my first time having a red velvet cake with coconut on it but it was wonderful.

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This is my first review also. I don't like red velvet cake at all. I have never liked it but my husband does. I've even made them for him and they weren't that good. I made this recipe today and it is delicious. I will make this cake from now on. The kids and I loved it and my husband asked me to cut a few pieces for his buddies at work tomorrow. :

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This is my first review! I don't normally care enough to do a review but this is by far the best red velvet I have ever had!!! And I have had a few! I followed the directions to a tee! Except I used 6 inch round pans and it took 30 min to bake but it came out fabulous, oh so moist!!!

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I have made this recipe many times. A few tips-
1.This is a classic rising cake, meaning no banging, stomping, loud noises, bass on the stereo, etc, or it will fall.
2. If a recipe doesn't specify, use unsalted butter. you can always taste the batter and add salt if needed, but you can't take it back out.
3. don't adjust ingredients! Baking is chemistry: if you change a ratio, you will get different results.