Red Velvet cake

coconutpatty, here is my recipe for red velvet cake, and it's a cheater! VERY easy, but wonderful and every bit as good as from scratch 1 pkg yellow cake mix 4 oz pkg instant vanilla pudding mix 1/4 cup cocoa 1 cup buttermilk 1/2 tsp baking soda 4 eggs, slightly beaten 1/3 cup oil small bottle of red food coloring Stir baking soda into buttermilk and set aside. Combine cake mix, pudding mix, and cocoa. Add eggs, oil and food coloring, blending well. Stir in buttermilk. Bake at 350 in greased and floured pans (1 9x13 or 2 8" rounds) Frosting: 8 oz softened cream cheese 1 stick softened butter 4 cups powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla Blend ingredients well, then beat on high speed for 2 minutes

I have made this recipe a few times, turns out great and taste very good CLASSIC RED VELVET CAKE Ingredients: ½ cups shortening 1 ½ cups sugar 2 eggs 1 bottle (1 ounce) red food coloring 3 teaspoons white vinegar 1 teaspoons butter flavoring 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1½ cups cake flour ¼ cup baking coca 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon sale 1 cup buttermilk Frosting: 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese (softened ½ cup butter, softened 3¾ confectioners’ sugar 3 teaspoon vanilla extract Directions: Combine shortening and butter until creamy, add eggs and beat well. Beat in food coloring, vinegar, butter flavoring and vanilla. Combine flour, coca, baking soda to creamed mixture and add buttermilk at the end. Pour batter into three greased and floured 9” round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 20-25 mins or until took pick inserted comes out clean. Cool for 10 mins before removing from pans to cool. Combine ingredients for frosting and spread between layers and top and sides of cake.

This is the recipe my family uses every holiday season. It is rich and delicious. I hope your boyfriend enjoys it very much and enjoys his day as well. RED VELVET CAKE 1/2 cup shortening 1 1.2 cups sugar 2 eggs 2 tbsp. cocoa 4 tbsp. red coloring 1 tsp. salt 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup buttermilk 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tbsp. vinegar Cream shortening thoroughly. Add sugar gradually, and blend until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Make paste of cocoa, food coloring and salt. Add to shortening mixture. Mix vanilla with buttermilk. Dissolve baking soda in vinegar, fold into buttermilk mixture. Add flour and buttermilk mixture alternately to shortening mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Blend thoroughly until batter is smooth Do not over beat. Pour into well greased and floured 13 x 9 inch pan. Bake at 350 F. for 35 to 40 minutes or until done when tested with a toothpick. Cool and frost. Rich frosting 3 to 5 tbsp. flour 1 cup milk 1 cup butter or margarine 1 cup icing sugar 1 tsp. vanilla Make paste of flour and part of milk. Add remainder of milk gradually, and mix until smooth. Cook over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes or until thick. Remove from heat and cool completely (the butter must not melt when added). Cream butter with sugar, adding vanilla and blending until smooth. Add to cooled flour mixture 1 tsp. at a time, beating until fluffy.

I know I might look like an ignorant person but I have to admit that after more than three decades living in this planet, it's only now that I've heard about this type of cake. Stupid, ain't I? Anyway, I've always been fascinated by cakes. And I'm a sweet tooth by the way, from cakes to pastries, brownies, ice cream, ice cream cake, you name it! Unfortunately, I haven't tried baking an actual cake even once. My reason then was because we don't have an oven in the household. But now, I can't use that same reason anymore; because my parents gave me and my husband an oven as wedding gift more than five years ago. However, we decided to leave it in my parents' house in the province for the time being. Until now, we haven't used it because we are still paying off most of our outstanding monetary obligations where almost all of my monthly salary goes. Hopefully, after paying them all off, we'll be able to save for our own house and lot. But if I have some cake recipes, traditional or otherwise, including internet sites covering this topic, I'd be more than willing to share them with you. Happy baking, anyway and good luck. Regards.