Amazing Red Velvet Cake with Coconut Frosting
Yield
16 servingsPrep
20 minCook
30 minReady
2 hrsIngredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
½ | cup |
butter
|
|
1 | stick |
margarine
|
* |
1 ½ | cups |
sugar
|
|
3 | large |
eggs
|
|
1 | ounce |
food coloring
red |
* |
1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
2 ½ | cups |
cake flour
|
|
¼ | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
|
1 | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
1 | teaspoon |
cocoa powder
|
|
1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
1 | teaspoon |
vinegar
|
|
1 | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
Icing | |||
8 | ounces |
cream cheese
|
|
½ | cup |
butter
|
|
1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
1 | pound |
powdered sugar
|
|
¾ | cup |
coconut
tinted with food coloring |
* |
Ingredients
Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
---|---|---|---|
118 | ml |
butter
|
|
113 | g |
margarine
|
* |
355 | ml |
sugar
|
|
3 | large |
eggs
|
|
28.9 | ml/g |
food coloring
red |
* |
5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
591 | ml |
cake flour
|
|
1.3 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
5 | ml |
salt
|
|
5 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
5 | ml |
vinegar
|
|
237 | ml |
buttermilk
|
|
Icing | |||
231.2 | ml/g |
cream cheese
|
|
118 | ml |
butter
|
|
5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
453.6 | g |
powdered sugar
|
|
177 | ml |
coconut
tinted with food coloring |
* |
Directions
Beat 1 stick butter and 1 stick margarine, then mix in 1½ cup sugar and 3 eggs.
Add 1 ounce red food coloring and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Mix.
Mix together 1½ cups of cake flour, ¼ teas. baking powder, 1 teas. salt and 1 teas. cocoa.
Add that to the mix. Stir 1 teas. baking soda and 1 teas. vinegar into 1 cup buttermilk.
Add that to the shortening blend.
Bake in greased, lightly floured cake pans (2) at 350℉ (180℃) for about 15 to 20 minutes, until done.
Let cool.
For icing:
Beat together creasm cheese and ½ cup butter.
Add vanilla and powdered sugar.
After the cake is iced, sprinkle with ¾ cup of coconut tinted with food coloring.