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I Love You Too! Red Velvet Cake Recipe

by Paula Deen Her Red Velvet Cake Recipe with Cream Cheese Frosting is to die for. Priester's made her cake one better by adding Priester's Pecans to the icing. Thanks to Paula for her recipe. Enter our Recipe Contest and you can win an autographed by Mother May of Priester's Dining on the Victorian Verandah Cookbook.

The Cake Ingredients

    2 cups sugar
    1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature
    2 eggs
    2 tablespoons cocoa powder
    2 ounces red food coloring
    2 1/2 cups cake flour
    1 teaspoon salt
    1 cup buttermilk
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    1/2 teaspoon baking soda
    1 tablespoon vinegar

The Icing

    1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese
    1 stick butter, softened
    1 cup melted marshmallows
    1 (1-pound) box confectioners' sugar
    1 cup shredded coconut
    1 cup chopped Priester's Pecans

Baking Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter, beat until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time and mix well after each addition. Mix cocoa and food coloring together and then add to sugar mixture; mix well. Sift together flour and salt. Add flour mixture to the creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Blend in vanilla. In a small bowl, combine baking soda and vinegar and add to mixture. Pour batter into 3 (8-inch) round greased and floured pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from heat and cool completely before frosting.

Icing Instructions

Blend cream cheese and butter together in a mixing bowl. Add marshmallows and sugar and blend. Fold in coconut and Priester's Pecans. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cooled cake.

Special Thanks to Paula Deen. See more recipes from Paula Deen

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