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Apparently in the original recipe the reddish colour came from the interaction of old school cocoa (not today's most common dutch process stuff) and the vinegar. These days people want a really vibrant red colour so they go hog wild with the food colouring. I got this recipe from an old friend, not sure what her source was but if anyone recognizes it let me know. The southern connotation of the recipe seems a bit suspect and movie based, but we'll give them the benefit of the doubt I suppose.
 
  
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The traditional (and awesome) way to ice this cake is with cream cheese icing, but feel free to experiment otherwise.
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== Description ==
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==Yield==
 
  
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One triple layer cake (i.e. have three 9 inch round cakepans ready)
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== Ingredients ==
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* 3/4 cup Crisco
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* 3 x [[egg]]s
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* 1 1/2 tsp [[vanilla]]
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* 1 1/2 tsp [[salt]]
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* 3 3/8 cup [[flour]]
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* 2 1/4 cup [[Granulated sugar|Sugar]]
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* 3 oz Red [[food coloring]]
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* 3 tbl [[cocoa]]
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* 1 1/2 cup [[buttermilk]]
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* 1 1/2 tsp [[vinegar]]
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* 1 1/2 tsp Soda
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* - FROSTING FOR RED VELVET CAKE :
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* 3 tbl [[flour]]
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* 1 cup [[milk]]
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* 1 cup [[butter]] (not whipped)
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* 1 cup [[Granulated sugar|Sugar]]
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* 1 tsp [[vanilla]]
  
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==Red Velvet Cake==
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== Procedures ==
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# Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put [[vinegar]] and soda in a cup; set aside.
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# [[cream]] Crisco, [[Granulated sugar|Sugar]] and [[egg]]s with a mixer. Make a paste of [[food coloring]] and [[cocoa]] and add it to the creamed mixture. Put [[salt]] and [[flour]] in sifter.
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# Add [[flour]] to mixture a little at a time. As you add the [[flour]], add [[buttermilk]] along with it. Add [[vanilla]]; beat well. Lastly fold in soda and [[vinegar]]. Beat 2 minutes. Measure out the batter into 3 bowls, so you can get the same amount in each layer. Use 8x8x2 inch square pans, 3 layers.
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# Grease and [[flour]] each pan before you fill it with batter. Cook 1 layer at a time. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until toothpick come out clean. After the layers are cooled, trim edges. Don't frost sides. Be sure you don't mash the layers as you frost and stack them. The white frosting is thick between the layers.
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# Frosting for Red Velvet Cake: Have [[butter]] at room temperature. Cook [[flour]] and [[milk]] until thick, the consistency of [[rolled oats|oatmeal]]. Let it cooll. After this mixture cools, strain it and set aside. Put [[butter]] and [[vanilla]] in a bowl; beat. Add [[Granulated sugar|Sugar]] a little at a time;beating with an electric mixer a long time after each addition of [[Granulated sugar|Sugar]]. Fold in the [[flour]] mixture. Don't beat. Frost the tops only of the 3 layers.madison b sucks
  
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===Ingredients(Cake)===
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[[Category:Buttermilk Recipes]]
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*2 cups Canola Oil
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[[Category:Cocoa Recipes]]
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*3 Lg. Eggs
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[[Category:Jordanian cuisine]]
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*1/3 Cup of Real cocoa
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[[Category:Dessert Recipes]]
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*1 1/3 Cup of Buttermilk
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[[Category:Jordanian cuisine]]
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*1 tsp Salt
 
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*3.5 Cups of Self Rising Flour
 
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*3 tsp Butter
 
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*2.25 Cups of Sugar
 
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*1 tsp Vanilla
 
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*2 tsp Vinegar
 
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*2 tsp Baking Soda
 
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*Lots of food colouring
 
  
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==Method==
 
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*grease baking pans (9 inch round in my case) and preheat oven to 350F
 
  
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*Mix cocoa, flour, sugar by whisking together.
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[[Category:Rolled oats Recipes]]
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[[image:redvelvet1.jpg]]
 
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*In seperate bowl (or mixer) beat together eggs sugar and oil.
 
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[[image:redvelvet2.jpg]]
 
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*at this point add your food colouring. I heartily suggest you use the gel kind. Despite using a ton of the old type stuff I still didn't have complete colour as you'll see in later shots.
 
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[[image:redvelvet3.jpg]]
 
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*Add Vanilla, then slowly mix in the dry ingredient mix and the buttermilk, alternating the two
 
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*combine vinegar with baking soda, then add the foam to the mixture and mix quickly for about 15 seconds
 
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*Pour batter into cake pans and bake until a tester comes out clean. (Note the optional parchment bottoms, though in this case my assistant didn't understand i wanted just bottoms and did this. Turned out fine with the trimming later though.
 
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[[image:redvelvet4.jpg]]
 
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==Cream Cheese Icing==
 
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Obvious this works well on any number of other things. I'd half the amounts for smaller cakes though
 
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===Ingredients===
 
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*2 standard packages of cream cheese, leave it out to soften as you make the cake
 
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*2 sticks of butter, ditto
 
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*8 Cups of Icing Sugar (preferably sifted)
 
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*splash of vanilla
 
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*Orange Zest (optional)
 
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*Cream the butter and cheese together, then blend in the sugar bit by bit.
 
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*add the vanilla, zest and any colouring you want (red and white is pretty enough in my opinion, plus god knows there's enough artificial colour in the cake) My mother also likes to add a shot of coffee and a touch of cocoa instead of the vanilla and make mocha cream cheese icing.
 
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[[image:redvelvet5.jpg]]
 
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==Assemble the Cake==
 
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*Once the cakes have cooled for 15-20 mins, pop them out of the pans and let cool. choosing the most regular shaped one use it as your base.
 
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*Use a bread knife to flatten the top then smear a generous layer of icing.
 
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*Repeat for next layer
 
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*Once you have your triple tower you may need to trim your edges to match them (I certainly did thanks to a baker's helper mistake :p)
 
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*Start your overall icing layer by doing a thin bottom layer called a crumb layer, making sure to cover every inch of the cake and create a smooth layer. Once this is done pop it in the freezer for a few minutes to solidify the icing. This will give you a smooth base with all the crumbs stuck down for your outer pretty layer of icing.
 
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*Ice the rest of the cake as you desire. I just wanted the classic all white look though.
 
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[[image:redvelvet6.jpg]]
 
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[[image:redvelvet7.jpg]]
 
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[[image:redvelvet8.jpg]]
 
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[[image:redvelvet9.jpg]]
 

Latest revision as of 18:25, 26 June 2012


Description

Ingredients

Procedures

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put vinegar and soda in a cup; set aside.
  2. cream Crisco, Sugar and eggs with a mixer. Make a paste of food coloring and cocoa and add it to the creamed mixture. Put salt and flour in sifter.
  3. Add flour to mixture a little at a time. As you add the flour, add buttermilk along with it. Add vanilla; beat well. Lastly fold in soda and vinegar. Beat 2 minutes. Measure out the batter into 3 bowls, so you can get the same amount in each layer. Use 8x8x2 inch square pans, 3 layers.
  4. Grease and flour each pan before you fill it with batter. Cook 1 layer at a time. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until toothpick come out clean. After the layers are cooled, trim edges. Don't frost sides. Be sure you don't mash the layers as you frost and stack them. The white frosting is thick between the layers.
  5. Frosting for Red Velvet Cake: Have butter at room temperature. Cook flour and milk until thick, the consistency of oatmeal. Let it cooll. After this mixture cools, strain it and set aside. Put butter and vanilla in a bowl; beat. Add Sugar a little at a time;beating with an electric mixer a long time after each addition of Sugar. Fold in the flour mixture. Don't beat. Frost the tops only of the 3 layers.madison b sucks
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