red cake with beet juice

Name: RED CAKE WITH BEET JUICE
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: ## CAKE; 4 - 1/2 cup(s) cake flour, sifted; 1 - 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 4 tablespoon(s) cocoa; 4 ounce(s) beet juice (drain from a 15 oz. can of beets - add water, if neccessary to make 4 oz.); 2 - 2/3 cup(s) sugar; 4 large eggs; 2 cup(s) buttermilk; 1 - 1/2 tablespoon(s) white vinegar; 2 teaspoon(s) baking soda; ## CREAM CHEESE FROSTING; 2 package(s) 8 oz each, cream cheese, softened; 2 stick(s) butter; 2 tablespoon(s) vanilla; 4 cup(s) powdered sugar; - milk to thin, if needed

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Katrina Freed

Newark, DE

Updated on Mar 16, 2011

Urban legends surround the "red cake" recipe made with red food coloring. It was not sold by the Waldorf Astoria but it does date back to the early 1900's! Not being a fan of cooking flour to make icing or risking some unknown health issue over too much red food coloring I opted for this beet juice red cake recipe. I am posting it more for my own use than to add another to the already crowded file of red cake recipes.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 40 Min

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yield 8 - 12

Ingredients

CAKE
4 - 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted
1 - 1/2 teaspoons salt
4 tablespoons cocoa
4 ounces beet juice (drain from a 15 oz. can of beets - add water, if neccessary to make 4 oz.)
2 - 2/3 cups sugar
4 large eggs
2 cups buttermilk
1 - 1/2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 teaspoons baking soda
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
2 packages 8 oz each, cream cheese, softened
2 sticks butter
2 tablespoons vanilla
4 cups powdered sugar
- milk to thin, if needed

How To Make red cake with beet juice

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9" cake pans. Remember to use glass and metal utensils to avoid beet juice stains

Step 2

Add salt and cocoa to sifted flour and sift again.
Step 3

With mixer on medium, cream together vegetable shortening and sugar for at least five minutes.
Step 4

Add eggs one at a time, beating at least one minute after each addition
Step 5

Add beet juice and vanilla to buttermilk. Alternate adding these liquids and the flour, salt, cocoa mixture to the sugar and shortening. Use a spatula or put your mixer on LOW. Do not over beat
Step 6

Pour vinegar into a small bowl and add baking soda. It will foam briefly. Fold gently into the cake batter. Do not beat. The batter will be somewhat thick. Add water if necessary to make the pour-able batter
Step 7

Pour batter into prepared cake pans and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Allow layers to cool 10 minutes before removing form pans. Cool cake completely before frosting
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