Red Velvet Cake Recipe

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Red Velvet Cake
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Ingredients:

  • 2 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 8 oz butter
  • 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
  • 3 large eggs
  • 2 oz red food coloring
  • 4 oz butter
  • 1 lb confectioners' sugar (10x)

Directions:

  1. Mix dry ingredients together. Add remaining ingredients in order, one at a time. Mix after each ingredient is added, batter should be an even shade of dark red.
  2. Divide batter evenly between 3 cake pans.
  3. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.
  4. Icing:.
  5. Mix butter, cream cheese and sugar together until creamy consistency.
  6. Spread on cool layers. The first two layers should have pecans sprinkled generously on top of icing.
  7. Optional: Color icing for outer cake with a couple of drops of green food coloring. Ice cake and decorate with pecan halves and cherries for a beautiful Christmas cake or experiment for other holidays!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 10954.6 Kcal (45865 kJ)
Calories from fat 6960.33 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 773.37g 1190%
Cholesterol 1572.6mg 524%
Sodium 4902.16mg 204%
Potassium 2403.46mg 51%
Total Carbs 960.75g 320%
Sugars 653.5g 2614%
Dietary Fiber 28.14g 113%
Protein 96.76g 194%
Vitamin C 2.4mg 4%
Vitamin A 3.4mg 113%
Iron 34.1mg 189%
Calcium 962.6mg 96%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 443 Kcal (1855 kJ)
Calories from fat 281.47 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 31.27g 1190%
Cholesterol 63.59mg 524%
Sodium 198.24mg 204%
Potassium 97.19mg 51%
Total Carbs 38.85g 320%
Sugars 26.43g 2614%
Dietary Fiber 1.14g 113%
Protein 3.91g 194%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 4%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 113%
Iron 1.4mg 189%
Calcium 38.9mg 96%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 282.7
    Points
  • 310
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

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