Enjoy this yummy red colored cake layered with frosting--a delicious dessert treat.
Quick Red Velvet Cake
- Prep Time 40 min
- Total 2 hr 45 min
- Ingredients 12
- Servings 16
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1 bottle (1 oz) red food color
Frosting
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups butter or margarine, softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans, or spray with baking spray with flour. In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter into pans.
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Step2Bake 31 to 36 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely.
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Step3Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, cook flour and milk over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is very thick. Cover surface with plastic wrap; cool to room temperature.
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Step4In large bowl, beat sugar and butter with electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour mixture by tablespoonfuls, beating until smooth. Beat in vanilla.
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Step5Place 1 cake layer, top side down, on serving plate; spread with 1 cup frosting. Top with second layer, top side up. Frost side and top of cake with frosting. Store in refrigerator.
Nutrition
320
Calories
24g
Total Fat
3g
Protein
24g
Total Carbohydrate
21g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 320
- Calories from Fat
- 210
- Total Fat
- 24g
- 37%
- Saturated Fat
- 13g
- 65%
- Trans Fat
- 1g
- Cholesterol
- 90mg
- 30%
- Sodium
- 170mg
- 7%
- Potassium
- 80mg
- 2%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 24g
- 8%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 21g
- Protein
- 3g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 15%
- 15%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 6%
- 6%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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