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red velvet pound cake by rose

(3 ratings)
Recipe by
Rose Rauhauser
Bronx, New York to York, PA

Combined a pound cake with red food coloring and lots of testing. Our daughters wanted it.Enjoy

(3 ratings)
yield serving(s)
prep time 20 Min
cook time 1 Hr 20 Min

Ingredients For red velvet pound cake by rose

  • 2
    sticks butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 c
    vegetable shortening (solid kind)
  • 3 c
    sugar
  • 7
    eggs
  • 1
    ounce bottle red food coloring
  • 2 tsp
    vanilla
  • 3 c
    cake flour
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 1 c
    whole milk

How To Make red velvet pound cake by rose

  • 1
    Using a 10 inch tube pan, prepare:grease and flour set aside. Preheat oven 325.
  • 2
    Cake: In mixing bowl combine, butter, shortening and sugar and cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating after each addition. Stir in the food coloring and vanilla. Stir together in seperate bowl flour and salt; add this to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk, beating well. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 1 hour 20 minutes, check for doneness. Cool cake in pan at least 15 minutes, turn out onto rack to cool completely.
  • 3
    I just use a confectioners sugar drizzle with milk and vanilla. I don't frost the whole cake but I'm sure it would be great. To me it wouldn't be a pound cake frosting the whole thing. Do what your taste calls for, have fun with it. Enjoy

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