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Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup cake flour
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/3 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter softened
- 3 large egg yolks
- 3 tablespoons red food coloring
- 1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon buttermilk
- 1 large egg white
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- Kudzu's Cream-Cheese Frosting
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter softened
- 1 1/2 packages (12-ounces) cream cheese softened
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar
- 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation
Step 1
PREHEAT oven to 325°.
Grease and flour 3 (8-inch) or 2 (9-inch) round cake pans. Set aside.
IN A BOWL, combine all-purpose flour, cake flour, sugar, brown sugar, cocoa, salt, baking powder, and baking soda, stirring to mix. Set aside.
IN LARGE MIXING BOWL, combine mayonnaise and vanilla, mixing well. Add butter and mix on lowest speed of an electric mixer until well blended. IN ANOTHER BOWL, combine egg yolks, food coloring, and buttermilk. Add to butter mixture, alternately with flour mixture, at lowest speed, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Increase mixer speed to medium and beat for 7 minutes. Set aside.
BEAT egg white to soft peaks at high speed with an electric mixer. Fold egg white into batter by hand. Divide batter among prepared cake pans.
BAKE for 20 to 30 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of each layer comes out clean. Let layers cool in pans for 10 minutes.
Invert onto cooling racks and let cool completely.
FROST layers with Kudzu's Cream-Cheese Frosting.
Yield: approximately 21/2 cups Preparation: 5 minutes
IN A LARGE MIXING BOWL, beat butter at medium speed with an electric
mixer until smooth and creamy.
Add cream cheese, mixing well.
ADD confectioners' sugar and vanilla.
Mix on low speed until creamy and smooth.