Red Velvet Sheet Cake

This is the red velvet cake recipePrep Time: 20 Minutes | Cook Time: 20 Minutes | Difficulty: Easy

Let’s make the cake!    

 

Here’s what you need. 

 

Sift them together… 

And set them aside.

 

In a separate bowl, combine buttermilk… 

Two eggs…  Vanilla, and baking soda. 

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Whisk it together, then add a little vinegar. Set this aside, too 

 

Finally, in a separate small bowl, add 1 1/2 ounces of red food coloring. This is one-and-a-half bottles (the small size) of red food coloring. 

 

Add in cocoa powder… 

 

And stir it together to make a paste. Set this aside for a minute. 

 To make the cake, beat shortening and butter together until it’s light and fluffy.

 Scoop out a little of the sifted flour mixture… 

And dump it into the mixer, mixing until just combined.

Next, add in a little of the buttermilk/egg mixture, mixing until just combined. Continue alternating the flour and buttermilk mixture, mixing well at the end. Be sure to scrape the sides of the bowl as needed.

 

Pour in the red mixture 

 And beat until combined. You’ll need to scrape the sides of the bowl a couple of times to make sure all the white batter is incorporated.

  

  

 Now, thoroughly spray a sheet pan with nonstick cooking spray. Get in the corners and crevices and hidden places. Spray, spray, spray.

 

Then pour the batter into the pan.

Then use a large spatula to spread the batter evenly. 

Bake the cake for 20 minutes, then remove it from the oven and let it cool in the pan for another 20 minutes or so.

Make the frosting 

 

Yum. This really is a lovely cake. 

  Ingredients
1 cup Shortening
1-¾ cup Sugar
2-½ cups Cake Flour
1-¼ teaspoon Salt
2 whole Eggs
1 cup Buttermilk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1-½ teaspoon Vinegar
1-½ ounce, fluid Red Food Coloring
1-½ teaspoon Cocoa Powder

The Recipe of Frosting 

Ingredients
5 Tablespoons Flour
1 cup Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Butter
1 cup Granulated Sugar (not Powdered Sugar!)
Preparation Instructions

Bake your favorite chocolate cake and let it cool.

In a small saucepan, whisk flour into milk and heat, stirring constantly, until it thickens. You want it to be very thick, thicker than cake mix, more like a brownie mix is. Remove from heat and let it cool to room temperature. (If I’m in a hurry, I place the saucepan over ice in the sink for about 10 minutes or so until the mixture cools.) It must be completely cool before you use it in the next step. Stir in vanilla.
While the mixture is cooling, cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. You don’t want any sugar graininess left. Then add the completely cooled milk/flour/vanilla mixture and beat the living daylights out of it. If it looks separated, you haven’t beaten it enough! Beat it until it all combines and resembles whipped cream.
Grab a spoon and taste this wonderful goodness. If there is any left after your taste test, spread it on a cooled chocolate cake. 
Cut yourself a piece and put it on a pretty plate. Grab a fork and prepare to experience the most divine pairing you can imagine. This frosting on chocolate cake is to die for. Sure, the recipe sounds strange — it has flour in it — but it’s sublime. Try it, you’ll see. You’ll love it so much you won’t go back.

Hope you'll like it ; ))) By N.