unique red velvet cake

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Barbara Pendley
McMinnville, TN

This recipe is from another web site: The Hearlers.org and was mentioned by another JAP cook. I have since tired this and it is quite good and wanted to post it here for safe keeping and to share in case anyone missed the other posting. I am sorry I can't remember who found this little gem first.

(1 rating)
yield 8 serving(s)
prep time 45 Min
cook time 30 Min

Ingredients For unique red velvet cake

  • 4 1/2 c
    cake flour, sifted
  • 1 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 4 Tbsp
    cocoa
  • 4 oz
    beet juice, dranined from one 15oz. can of beets - add water to make 4 oz. if needed.
  • 1 c
    vegetable shortening
  • 2 3/4 c
    sugar
  • 4 lg
    eggs
  • 2 c
    buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 Tbsp
    vanilla extract
  • 2 Tbsp
    vinegar
  • 2 tsp
    baking soda
  • CREAM CHEESE FROTSTING
  • 2 pkg
    cream cheese, 8 oz. each, softened
  • 2 stick
    butter or margarine
  • 2 Tbsp
    vanilla
  • 4 c
    powdered sugar
  • water or milk to thin if needed

How To Make unique red velvet cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare two 9-inch cake pans. Remember to use glass and metal utensils to avoid beet-juice stains.
  • 2
    Add salt and cocoa to sifted flour and sift again. With mixer on medium, cream together vegetable shortening and sugar for at least five minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating at least one minute after each additiion.
  • 3
    Add beet juice and vanilla to buttermilk. Alternate adding these liquids and the flour-salt-cocoa mixture to the shortening-sugar. Use a spatula or put your mixer on low---don't overbeat.
  • 4
    Put white vinegar in a small bowl and add baking SODA (not powder). It will foam up briefly. Fold into the cake batter----DO NOT OVERBEAT. Batter should be somewhat thick, but add water, if needed, to make a pourable batter.
  • 5
    Pour batter into prepared cake pans and bake approximately 30 minutes in a 350 oven. Allow layers to cool for 10 minutes before removing from cake pans. Cool cake completely before frosting. Cute each layer in half to create a four-layer cake.
  • 6
    For the cream cheese frosting: Combine all indgredients using mixer. Frost cool cake.

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