Although Ilona didn't want to share her Red Velvet Cake Recipe, I was fortunate that three of my readers shared these yummy concoctions. Many thanks to all three!
Joanna
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Carrie Wolfgang’s (Iona’s)
Red Velvet Cake Recipe
Cake Ingredients:
1
½ C. Sugar
2
C. Cooking oil
2
Eggs
1
Tsp. Vinegar
2
Oz. Red Food Coloring
2
½ C. Flour
1
Tsp. Baking soda
1
Tsp. Salt
3
T. Cocoa
1
C. Buttermilk
2
Tsp. Vanilla
Directions:
1. Pre-heat
oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour two 9 inch layer pans.
2. Cream
together sugar and oil.
3. Add
eggs and beat well. Add vinegar and food coloring. Beat well.
4. Sift
flour, soda, salt and cocoa together.
5. Add
flour/soda/salt/cocoa mixture to sugar/oil/egg/vinegar/food coloring,
alternating with buttermilk and stirring well after each addition.
6. Add
vanilla and beat well.
7. Pour
into greased and floured pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Cool completely before
frosting.
Frosting
Ingredients:
1
Stick of Butter (room temperature)
8
Oz. Cream Cheese (room temperature)
2
Tsp. Vanilla
1
Lb. Sifted Powdered Sugar
1
C. Chopped Walnuts
Directions:
1. Cream
butter and cream cheese together.
2. Add
vanilla and powdered sugar. Mix well.
3. Stir
in nuts and spread on cake layers.
Special
thanks to Carrie Wolfgang of Novel Destination-Used Book Emporium for sharing
her recipe.
Visit
her at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Novel-Destination/141350359287827?sk=photos_stream&ref=page_internal
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Fay
Zerbolio’s Red Velvet Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
½
C. Margarine or butter
1
½ C. White Sugar
1
Egg, beaten
4
T. Cocoa
1
Tsp. Red food coloring
2
T. Strong, hot coffee
2
C. Cake flour
1
Tsp. Salt
1
Tsp. Baking soda
1
C. Buttermilk
1
Tsp. Vanilla
Directions:
1. Preheat
oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
2. Cream
together butter and sugar. Add beaten egg. Combine cocoa, food coloring and
coffee. Add to mixture and mix well.
3. Sift
soda, salt, and flour together. Add flour mixture and milk alternately to
chocolate mixture. Add vanilla. Pour into pans and bake for 20-25 minutes.
Icing
Ingredients:
3
Squares baking chocolate
3
T. Butter
5
T. Milk, scalded
2
C. Powdered sugar
¼
Tsp. Salt
1
Tsp. Vanilla
½
to 1 C. Chopped nuts
Directions:
Melt
chocolate and butter together over low heat. Pour hot milk over sugar, stir to
dissolve. Add salt, chocolate mixture and vanilla. Beat till thick. Add nuts.
Frost cake.
Special
thanks to Fay Zerbolio of the Miniature Museum of Greater St. Louis. Visit them at http://miniaturemuseum.org/
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Karan
Flanscha’s $200 Cake (Red Velvet Cake)
Ingredients:
2-3
T. Powdered cocoa
1
oz. Bottle of red food coloring
½
C. Crisco
1
½ C. White Sugar
2
Whole Eggs
2
¼ C. Cake flour
1
Scant tsp. salt
1
C. Buttermilk
1
tsp. Vanilla
1
tsp. Vinegar
1
tsp. Baking soda
Directions:
1. Preheat
oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch baking pans.
2. Mix
cocoa powder with red food coloring. Refill food coloring bottle with water and
add to cocoa/food coloring mix. Mix well.
3. Cream
Crisco and white sugar. Add 2 eggs and cocoa mixture. Mix well.
4. Stir
together three times: cake flour and salt.
5. Using
mixer on low speed, add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk to cocoa
mixture. Add vanilla.
6. Fold
in by hand: vinegar and baking soda. Mix well. Pour into pans.
7. Bake
for about 30 minutes.
8.
Icing
ingredients:
1. White
frosting from a can
2. ½
Tsp. Peppermint flavoring
Directions:
Mix
frosting and flavoring. Ice the cooled cake layers.
