Recipe Name Red Velvet Cake Submitted by kellijesselyn Recipe Description Paula Deen's Grandmother Paula's Red Velvet Cake Quantity 0 Quantity Unit Prep Time (minutes) 20 Cook Time (minutes) 30 Ready In (minutes) 50

Ingredients Amount Measure Ingredient 2 1/2 cups unsifted, dipped cake flour 2 sticks butter, softened 2 cups granulated sugar 2 large eggs 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder 4 tablespoons food coloring, red etc. 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup buttermilk 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon vinegar, white 4 ounces cream cheese 1/2 stick butter, softened 1/2 cup of miniature marshmallow cream 1 3/4 cups unsifted sugar, powdered 2 tablespoons milk Steps Sequence Step 1 Sift cake flour and salt together and set aside. 2 cream granulated sugar and butter together until fluffy. 3 add eggs one at a time to creamed mixture 4 mix cocoa and food coloring together in a cup until well blended. add to mixture 5 alternate adding flour/salt mixture and buttermilk to batter until all are incorporated into the batter 6 blend in vanilla 7 mix baking soda and vinegar together in a small up. add to batter and blend well. 8 pour batter into 3 8" greased pans or one 13x9 greased pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. cool on rack for 10 minutes then turn out on rack to continue to cool. 9 to make frosting: mix cream cheese and butter together until fluffy. add marshmallow cream then powdered sugar add 1 to 2 tablespoons of milk as needed to desired consistency. frost layers or sheet cake with frosting. Recommend doing a crumb coating first and letting the cake chill for 5 minutes in freezer or 15 minutes in refrigerator to set, then remove for final coating of frosting.