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Grandmother Paul’s Southern Red Velvet Cake

By Paula Deen

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With Grandmother Paul’s southern red velvet cake recipe, you can treat your loved ones to a delicious and impressive layer cake everyone will love.
With Grandmother Paul’s southern red velvet cake recipe, you can treat your loved ones to a delicious and impressive layer cake everyone will love.

Difficulty: Medium

Prep time: 20 minutes

Cook time: 20 minutes

Servings: 20

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 1/2 cups cake flour
  • 3 sticks 2 for cake, 1 (softened) for icing butter
  • 2 oz red food coloring
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon vinegar
  • 1 (16 oz) box confectioner's sugar
  • 1 cup melted marshmallows
  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 °F. Beat eggs; add sugar. Mix cocoa and food coloring. Add 2 sticks butter and egg mixture; mix well. Sift together flour and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Blend in vanilla. In a small bowl, combine soda and vinegar and add to mixture. Pour into three 8-inch round greased and floured pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tests done.

Icing:

Blend cream cheese and 1 stick softened butter. Add marshmallows and sugar and blend. Fold in coconut and nuts. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cooled cake.

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November 11, 2021
I made cupcakes with this recipe and it is the most scrumptious cake to ever touch my lips. Made an account just to say this.

September 11, 2020
I see this recipe makes a 3 layer cake. How much do I cut the recipe down by to make a 2 layer cake?

Savannah

February 26, 2017
made the cake this evening ... it's a dang excellent recipe !!!...Thank Y'all Paula Deen !!!

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July 10, 2022
Is the butter for the cake melted? You can't possibly add 2 whole sticks of butter to an already creamed mixture and ever get it smooth unless it is melted. It does not specify anywhere.

August 08, 2022

All 3 sticks should be softened per when she made the cake on her YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iC9abGWC6w&t=613s