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Mom’s Red Velvet Birthday Cake

posted November 12, 2009 in baking [no comments]

Red Velvet CakeLast week was my mom’s birthday and she requested a red velvet cake. I normally make cupcakes for birthdays but occasionally I do make layer cakes.

I used Magnolia’s Red Velvet Cake recipe. It says it maked 3 9″ rounds but I only had 8″ pans and it turned out fine. The cake was a bit dry though. I also used 3 tablespoons of red food color as opposed to the six in the recipe.  A bottle of McCormick Red food coloring is just about exactly 3 tablespoons (not the little 4 pack bottle).

I used the same yummy cream cheese icing recipe from the Martha Stewart Cupcake book that I used for the carrot cupcakes. One recipe was just enough fill and ice the cake, but not enough to decorate with and it probably could have used a smidge more icing on the sides. So I ended up making another half batch.

I was very pleased with how the decorations went. I was inspired by the Scootabaker’s cake. I think it would have looked even better with a touch of gold on it but I only had some silver sprinkles.

inside the cakeMy mom loved it and was impressed with my writing. She’s  a master cake decorator and usually when it come to doing the writing I hand the piping bag to her. She said it even looked like her handwriting. Actually, I was pretty good at faking her signature in high school. :)

This cake was huge! With seven hearty eaters we didn’t even eat half of it, but it’s ok since I’m all about leftover cake.

RECIPE ROUNDUP

  • Martha Stewart’s Cream Cheese Frosting
  • Magnolia’s Red Velvet Cake (via Epicurious)

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