RED VELVET CAKE

By gaster16

Ingredients

• Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 2-1/2 cups sifted cake flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoon quick chocolate-flavored drink mix
• 1/2 cup shortening (not liquid)
• 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 ounces red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoons white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 stick margarine
• 1 8 ounce package cream cheese
• 1 box confectioners sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Preparation

Step 1

Sift together flour, salt and chocolate-flavored mix. Cream together shortening and sugar. When mixture is well creamed, beat in eggs one at a time. Blend well and add food coloring and vanilla. Mix buttermilk, vinegar and soda. Add alternately with dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Blend, at low speed of electric mixer, between each addition. Grease and flour two 9" x 1-1/2" cake pans. Pour in batter and bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees about 30 minutes or until done. Remove from pans and cool in racks before frosting.

Frosting:

Cream margarine and cream cheese. Add sugar, vanilla and pecans. Beat until smooth.