MOIST RED VELVET CAKE AND WHIPPED CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

I have been hooked on this bright red chocolate cake since I was a wee little girl.  I have been watching my mom make this cake during the holidays my entire life.  And when she makes it, she makes this special homemade frosting similar to a roux.  It’s light, not too sweet, and has coconut flakes in it.  I have to get this frosting recipe from her one day and attempt to make it myself….

Just like my mom, I have taken on the tradition of making red velvet cakes in my household during the holidays.  For some reason I never got the family red velvet recipe from my mom, and stumbled across this recipe years back.  I was sitting on the couch getting over a night shift I had just completed, and saw a rerun episode for Sara’s Secret’s  on the Food Network.  A man that goes by the name of Cakeman Raven was on the show sharing his Red Velvet Cake Recipe. His recipe didn’t look too complicated for a novice baker like myself, so I decided to give it a spin and see how this car drives..

Ingredients

• Cake Ingredients:
• (Make sure ingredients are at room temperature before you start the cooking process.)
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon fine salt
• 2 tablespoons dutch pressed cocoa powder
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Frosting Ingredients:
• 1 pound cream cheese , softened
• 2 sticks unsalted butter (1 cup), softened
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
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Instructions

1. Cake Instructions:
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Spray three 9 inch cake pans with baking spray. Set aside.
4. In a large bowl, shift together the dry ingredients for the cake. (I usually use my blender mixing bowl for this part to decrease how many dishes I use.)
5. In another large bowl use a whisk to mix all of the cake's wet ingredients together. These ingredients include the vegetable oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegar, and vanilla extract.
6. In a standing mixer, combine both the dry and wet ingredients for the cake. Mix the batter just until the mixture is blended. Scrap sides of bowl with flat spatula to incorporate all ingredients into the batter.
7. ...................................

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