Red Velvet Pound Cake By Rose Food

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Spray a 12- to 15-cup fluted pan with nonstick baking spray with flour. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed with a mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vinegar and vanilla. In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating just until combined after each addition. Stir in food coloring. Spoon half of batter into prepared pan. Top with Cream Cheese Filling. Spoon remaining batter over filling. Gently swirl batter and filling together with a knife. Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack. In a small bowl, whisk together confectioners' sugar and cream until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake.
• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed with a mixer until smooth. Add egg and vanilla, beating until combined.

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in food coloring and extracts (mixture may appear curdled). In another bowl, whisk flour, baking cocoa, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating after each addition just until combined., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 70-75 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., For icing, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until creamy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over cake; sprinkle with pecans. Store in refrigerator.

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly brush a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with butter; dust with cocoa powder, tapping out excess. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• With an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and granulated sugar until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium; add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition and scraping down bowl as needed. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and vinegar. Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk and starting and ending with flour mixture, until just combined. Add food coloring; beat until fully incorporated.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Tap pan on counter; smooth top with an offset spatula. Bake until a tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour 20 minutes, tenting with foil if browning too quickly. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool 15 minutes, then turn cake out of pan onto rack and let cool completely. Cake can be stored, wrapped in plastic, at room temperature up to 2 days.
• When ready to serve, beat cream cheese with confectioners' sugar and remaining 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract until smooth. Spread with a spatula over top of cake. Slice and serve.

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Cream shortening, sugar and beat well, add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
• Add other ingredients alternating with milk and flavorings.
• Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes at 325 Soften the butter and cream cheese, beat well and add other ingredients until spreading consistency Ice cool cake.

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Make the filling: in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed with a mixer until smooth.
• Add egg and vanilla, beating until combined; set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Spray a 12- to 15-cup fluted pan with nonstick baking spray with flour.
• In a big bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed with a mixer until fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in vinegar and vanilla.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda.
• Gradually add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating just until combined after each addition.
• Spoon half the batter into prepared pan.
• Top evenly with cream cheese filling.
• Spoon remaining batter over filling.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1hour and 15 minutes OR until a pick comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan, and cook completely on a wire rack.
• Garnish with powdered sugar, if desired.