Need help in the kitchen!!!?!


Question: Need help in the kitchen!!!!?
So, my godmother's birthday is coming up, and I want to make her her favorite cake, red velvet!. Problem is, I don't have any cake mix for this job, and I don't have any money, since I'm only 13, and can't go out and get cake mix!. I'm pretty sure I've got all I need, but how do I bake it!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
Honey, Paula Deen's recipe is the best ever! It's her Grandmother's recipe
Grandmother Paul's Red Velvet Cake
Recipe courtesy Paula Deen
Cake:
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

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 pecans

Cake:
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:
Blend cream cheese and butter together in a mixing bowl!. Add marshmallows and sugar and blend!. Fold in coconut and nuts!. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cooled cake!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Hope this helps

RED VELVET CAKE

2 oz!. red food coloring
1/2 c!. shortening
2 eggs
2 1/4 c!. flour
1 tsp!. baking soda
1 tsp!. vanilla
3 tbsp!. Nestle Quik powder
1 1/2 c!. sugar
1 c!. buttermilk (or 1 tsp!. vinegar & 1 c!. regular milk)
1/4 tsp!. salt
1 tbsp!. vinegar

Combine food coloring and Nestle Quik powder; let stand!. Mix shortening, sugar, eggs and food coloring paste!. Beat buttermilk; add to sugar mixture!. Add flour, salt and vanilla; beat well!. Mix in by hand the soda and vinegar!. Pour into 2 (8") greased and floured pans!. Bake 30 to 35 minutes in a 375 degree oven!. Cool!. Frost with Red Velvet Cake Icing!.

RED VELVET CAKE ICING:

1 stick butter
1/2 c!. shortening
1 c!. sugar
3 tbsp!. flour
1/2 c!. milk
1 tsp!. vanilla

Mix butter, shortening and sugar!. Add flour, 1 tablespoon at a time!. Then add milk that has come to room temperature and vanilla!. Beat until smooth!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Old-Fashioned Red Velvet Cake


Buttermilk substitution follows!.!.!.!.

Hope this helps!
Happy Birthday Grandma!! EDIT: oops read wrong GODmother!)


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INGREDIENTS
? cup shortening
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
2-? cups flour, sifted 2 or 3 times
1 teaspoon baking soda
1-? cups sugar
? cup red food coloring
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon vinegar

FOR THE CAKE

Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy!. Add eggs and beat for 1 minute!. Add salt; beat!. Add vanilla, cocoa and coloring to buttermilk!. Mix well!.

Alternate adding flour and milk mixtures to batter!. Combine soda and vinegar in a cup and add to cake batter!.

Bake in (2) 9-inch cake pans that have been lightly greased and floured at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes!. Remove and cool cakes on racks!.

FROSTING

1 cup milk
5 tablespoons flour
1 cup butter
1 cup powdered sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cook milk and flour until thick; cool in refrigerator!.

Beat butter, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer until light and fluffy!. Add flour and milk mixture a little at a time, beat well!. (Make this ahead of time so that it has plenty of time to cool!.)Www@FoodAQ@Com

Hi there!. So sweet you want to do that!.
They do make a boxed red velvet cake mix now!.!.!.much easier than from scratch!. (You need 2 special ingredients for red velvet cakes that you don't for regular cakes!.)
Do you have a relative who would loan you $3!.50- $4!.00!? That's all it would cost for the mix and the icing!. (you would need to have eggs and vegetable oil at home for the mix) If you want to do something that nice for someone, I would have to think someone in your family could spare just $4 and take you to the grocery store or get it for you!.
Good luck to you and your godmother!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

I've never heard of red velvet cake before!. Thanks for asking the question!.
Now I'm going to try Paula Deen's recipeWww@FoodAQ@Com

I just wanted to say that is really sweet of you to do this!.!.!.!.:)Www@FoodAQ@Com

the first two responses are great ones
you cannot go wrongWww@FoodAQ@Com

13 I'm proud for you!.!.
and godmother!!!! rarely heard of today!.!.
Your in my prayers!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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