Red Velvet Cake (of Urban Legend Fame) Recipe

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Ingredients
19
Count
Nutrition
2401
Calories
Total time
25
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp adams best vanilla
  • 1 tsp adams butter flavor extract
  • 1 (1 1/2 oz) bottle adams red food coloring
  • 3 tbsp cocoa
  • 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp vinegar
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup shortening
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 tsp adams best vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp adams butter flavor extract

Directions:

  1. Begin making the cake: cream shortening, sugar, eggs, flavors.
  2. Make a paste of cocoa and food coloring, add to first mixture.
  3. Alternately add flour and buttermilk.
  4. Mix soda and vinegar in small bowl; add to batter; blend.
  5. Bake in 3-9 or 10 pans for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees; let cool completely
  6. Make frosting: cook milk, flour, salt, until thick; stirring constantly; let cool.
  7. Cream shortening and sugar very well; add flavors - combine with the first mixture; beat well.
  8. Cover cake with frosting.
  9. Tell legend while serving.
  10. Reference: Brunvand, The Vanishing Hitchhiker, NY: WW Norton, 1981, 154-160; more information coming in Brunvand, The Brain Drain and other Timely Tales Urbana: Univ of Ill Press, 1999.
  11. The Adams products, of course, may be substituted if you do not live in Texas or nearby where they are sold.
  12. Note from Julie: for St. Patrick's Day, substitute *green* food coloring and make Green Velvet Cake! Or during Halloween, mix red and yellow to make orange.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 2400.89 Kcal (10052 kJ)
Calories from fat 1563.11 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 173.68g 267%
Cholesterol 179.61mg 60%
Sodium 3105.38mg 129%
Potassium 606.3mg 13%
Total Carbs 198.16g 66%
Sugars 174.33g 697%
Dietary Fiber 3.43g 14%
Protein 19.66g 39%
Iron 20.8mg 116%
Calcium 389mg 39%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 360.72 Kcal (1510 kJ)
Calories from fat 234.85 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 26.09g 267%
Cholesterol 26.98mg 60%
Sodium 466.57mg 129%
Potassium 91.09mg 13%
Total Carbs 29.77g 66%
Sugars 26.19g 697%
Dietary Fiber 0.52g 14%
Protein 2.95g 39%
Iron 3.1mg 116%
Calcium 58.5mg 39%

* 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

  • 61.8
    Points
  • 68
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

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

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