Southern Red Velvet Cake

Name: Southern Red Velvet Cake
Prep time: 2 h 45 min
Cook time: 2 h 45 min
Total time: 2 h 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking soda; 114 grams butter; 2 teaspoons butter flavored extract; 240 milliliters buttermilk; 3 Tbsps cocoa powder; 2 eggs; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 244 milliliters milk; 14 grams red food coloring; 1 teaspoons salt; 103 grams shortening; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 Tbsp distilled white vinegar; 200 grams white sugar

Southern Red Velvet Cake requires approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains around 4g of protein, 29g of fat, and a total of 391 calories. This recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 8. valentin day will be even more special with this recipe. This recipe is typical of Southern cuisine. If you have flour, sugar, eggs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. Not a lot of people really liked this dessert.

Instructions

Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 10 inch round pans.

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All Purpose Flour

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Cream 1/2 cup of shortening, 1 1/2 cups of white sugar, eggs, 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract, and 1 teaspoon of butter flavored extract in a large bowl. Make a paste of cocoa and food coloring in a small bowl and add to shortening mixture.

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Vanilla Extract

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Granulated Sugar

Shortening

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Butter

Cocoa Powder

Cream

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Pour in 2 1/2 cups flour alternately with the buttermilk, mixing until just incorporated.

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Buttermilk

All Purpose Flour

Mix 1 teaspoon of salt, baking soda, and vinegar in a small bowl, and while fizzing fold into the batter; mixing just enough to evenly combine.

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Baking Soda

Vinegar

Salt

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Pour the batter into prepared pan.

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Frying Pan

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.

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To make frosting: Cook 3 tablespoons of flour, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and milk in a skillet over low heat, stirring constantly, until thick.

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Frosting

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Milk

Salt

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Let cool completely. Cream butter, 1 cup sugar, and 1/2 cup shortening in a separate bowl. Stir in 2 teaspoons each of vanilla extract and butter flavored extract. Then add flour mixture to bowl and cream together. Frost cooled cake.

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Vanilla Extract

Shortening

Extract

Butter

Cream

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

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