Red Velvet cake recipe from Southern living Magazine in the 1980s?
February 28, 2010 by
Filed under southern living
Lost my copy of a recipe that was published in Southern Living around 1987-88. Searched their site and could not find, Do you have this recipe? Would like to make fro Thanksgiving.
The recipe I am looking for calls for 2 bottles of red food coloring.
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Here you go.
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=521678
is this the one you seek?:
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=521678
This one is great tasting.
Grandmother Paul’s Red Velvet Cake
* 2 eggs
* 2 cup sugar
* 2 tablespoon cocoa
* 2 ounce red food coloring
* 1/2 lb (2 sticks) butter
* 2 1/2 cup cake flour
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup buttermilk
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 tablespoon vinegar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat eggs; add sugar. Mix cocoa and food coloring. Add butter and egg mixture; mix well. Sift together flour and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Blend in vanilla. In a small bowl, combine soda and vinegar and add to mixture. Pour into three 8-inch round greased and floured pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tests done.
Icing:
1 16-ounce box of confectioner’s sugar
1 stick butter, softened
1 cup melted marshmallows
1 cup shredded coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
1 8-ounce package of cream cheese
Blend cream cheese and butter. Add marshmallows and sugar and blend. Fold in coconut and nuts. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cooled cake.
its actually chocolate cake with red food die and then vanilla icing