happy valentine's day
red velvet cake is the new chocolate according to the New York Times. I still remember that horrible birthday cake we made keirsten, kerri--tooth pick reconstruction and all. i think it was red velvet.
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interestingly, my mother and i made a red velvet cake at Christmas. I believe she used a recipe from one of her old neighborhood compilation cookbooks. ours was food coloring with cocoa. i have to agree that cocoa is very important. i'll get my mom's recipe and post it soon!
sweet!
here's the recipe courtesy my mother:
Red Velvet Cake
2 ½ cups cake flour
1 ½ cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 Tablespoon cocoa powder
1 cup buttermilk (make w/2 tablespoons vinegar in milk)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
1 ½ cups vegetable oil
1 ounce red food coloring
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Heat oven to 325. Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. Combine remaining ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer, and beat on medium speed until well incorporated. Add dry ingredients, SLOWLY, to bowl until fully combined. Pour into 2 cake pans (9 in round) greased with vegetable oil. Bake in oven until cake pulls away from the pan. Cool for exactly 20 minutes. Make frosting.
Frosting (I halved the recipe for you, makes too much)
½ pound of cream cheese (8 oz) at room temperature
½ pound of butter (8oz) softened
2 cups of confectioners sugar
1 teaspoons of vanilla extract
pecans if desired
Combine cream cheese and butter with an electric mixer set on medium. Slowly add confectioners sugar until frosting is at desired sweetness and smoothness. Add vanilla. Frost top of one layer. Cover with second layer, frost its tip, then work your way down sides.
Another Frosting Recipe that might be easier and better
1 stick butter
1-8 oz of cream cheese
1 box powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
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