Mom's Signature Red Velvet Cake

Name: Mom's Signature Red Velvet Cake
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 473 milliliters butter, softened; 237 milliliters buttermilk; 532 milliliters sifted cake flour; 2 eggs; 59 milliliters all-purpose flour; 473 milliliters milk; 28 grams red food coloring; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 Tbsps unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 118 milliliters vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®); 1 fluid ounce fluid ounce water; 473 milliliters white sugar

Mom's Signature Red Velvet Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 10g of protein, 64g of fat, and a total of 932 calories. This recipe covers 11% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for valentin day. Head to the store and pick up salt, buttermilk, vanillan extract, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 50 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 9-inch cake pans. In a bowl, sift cake flour with baking soda.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

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Oven

Mash the vegetable shortening with 1 1/2 cup of sugar in a large bowl until thoroughly combined, and stir in the eggs, one at a time.

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Vegetable Shortening

Sugar

Egg

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Pour the red food coloring into a small bowl, and fill the empty food coloring container with water; add the water to the food coloring. Stir in cocoa powder to make a paste, and mix the paste into the shortening mixture.

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Food Color

Cocoa Powder

Shortening

Water

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Stir the buttermilk, salt, vanilla extract, and apple cider vinegar in a bowl, and mix into the colored shortening mixture, alternating with the flour mixture, until well combined. Scrape the batter into the prepared cake pans.

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Apple Cider Vinegar

Vanilla Extract

Buttermilk

Shortening

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Allow the cakes to cool completely.

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To make frosting, whisk together the milk and all-purpose flour in a saucepan until the mixture is free of lumps, and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. Cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture is thick, about 1 minute.

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All Purpose Flour

Frosting

Milk

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Pour the thickened sauce into a mixing bowl, and chill until completely cooled, at least 30 minutes. When cold, place the butter into the mixture, and beat with an electric mixer to combine; add the vanilla extract and 2 cups of sugar to the bowl, and beat with the mixer set on Medium speed until the frosting is light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.

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Vanilla Extract

Frosting

Butter