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grandma harrison's old fashion red velvet cake

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Recipe by
Brenda Nance
@Brendanna
Lexington, NC

This recipe was my Grandma's Great Grandmas' recipe. She made it every Christmas or if requested for our birthday. This is the only way I will eat a Red Velvet cake, it is sinfully rich and well worth the tine spent making it. Each time I make it I think of Grandma working in her kitchen with me beside her while she made it.

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(1 rating)
yield 12 serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 25 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For grandma harrison's old fashion red velvet cake

  • 1 Tbsp
    vinegar
  • 1 Tbsp
    cocoa
  • 2 c
    sugar
  • 2 1/2 c
    cake flour
  • 1 bottle
    red food color
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda
  • 2 lg
    eggs
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 1 c
    buttermilk
  • 1 can
    sweeten coconut
  • 1 c
    butter
  • 3 Tbsp
    flour
  • 1 c
    sweet milk
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1 c
    powder sugar 4x
  • 1 c
    chopped pecans

How To Make grandma harrison's old fashion red velvet cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven 350
  • 2
    Cream sugar and butter, add eggs ( make sure they are large if not use 3 eggs) beat until fluffy.
  • 3
    Make a paste by mixing the cocoa and vinegar and add to butter mixture.
  • 4
    Sift salt, baking soda and flour together, add this and buttermilk, vanilla and red food coloring to butter mixture.
  • 5
    Pour batter into 2 round cake pans that have been coated with nonstick spray ( or what ever you use to prevent sticking to pan). Bake at 350 for 25 minutes. The cake layers will be thin so I would check them at 20 minutes to be safe. Varies with different ovens.
  • 6
    While the cake is baking cream the butter and powder sugar and flour, sweet milk and vanilla. Once it is smooth and creamy add the coconut and pecans mixing well.
  • 7
    Once the cake has cooled completely frost the cake. I use the icing sparingly on the middle layer just to make sure I have enough to cover entire cake.
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