Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Ice Cream

I have tried it

q_cumber_melon - June 12, 2008 07:20:02 AM PST

I LIKED THE RECIPE THE CAKE WAS GREAT.

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red velvet

Tanua - June 17, 2008 02:57:34 PM PST

IF your grandmothers recipe from the 1900's is soooo good and soooo right...Share it with us. Not everyone has the original made with beet juice. If we don't have it, how can we recommend it?

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omg

ginger1 - June 17, 2008 12:44:24 PM PST

Jessica H, I made the cake ate a piece and had a heart attack!!! I could feel my chest tighten up and bam I was out like a light!!! The cake was to blame!!!! It's nasty

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The review is for how the recipe tasts

Jessica H - June 17, 2008 08:39:30 AM PST

Not for opinions one how fattening it is. If you havent tried it, why post a response? Its not labeled to be fat free or healthy so stop complaining. I want to hear reviews from people who have actually baked the cake and tasted, not from a bunch of health nuts who feel the need to poke fun at what ever they can.

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This is NOT an original

SuZyQuTie - June 19, 2008 01:00:31 PM PST

Sorry but I do not share or give out this family recipe as it has taken the family bakers years to perfect. I can say that everyone who has ever eaten this cake always asks for the recipe and for a second and third slice of cake. Because of the time this cake consumes a full day to prepare it properly and people are willing to pay $50 for this special occassion treat. So you'll understand why it's a family favorite and secret recipe. :) (p.s. if you ever have a bake-off auction for charity this is the cake to bring as it always goes for the highest bid of the night!)

This recipe is far off base from the original. I have been baking Red Velvet cakes for years from the recipe handed down from my grandmother and mother. Yes, my grandmother came from the south as did the original recipe dating back to the early 1900's. Back then the use of juice from beets was the "red" coloring until red food coloring became available to mix with the cocao/chocolate. This is a very dense cake when baked and should always be in layers. There are 4 layers to this cake when you cut each layer in half. As for the icing, you NEVER...EVER use cream cheese frosting. The icing consist of making a flour paste-like base cooked over a double boiler before adding the remaining ingredients. Use only the finest ingredients and real butter and vanilla and fresh eggs for the best results when making this cake. This cake is very time consuming to make with the icing taking the longest but it is well worth it, and that is why it is only baked for special occassions once or twice a year due to the time and costs of proper ingredients. I'm a firm believer in doing it right or don't do it at all!

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Yum

natty bo - March 25, 2008 08:06:30 AM PST

Wait did you even eat the recipe? Oh anyway yummy yummy soooooooo good!!!!

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Oh Boy!!!

Consumer - November 21, 2007 12:22:24 PM PST

Wow! This sounds great. Something this delicious and rich could clog your arteries with one serving and you'd lie there dying with a smile on your face!

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Cholesterol BOMB

henry j - June 17, 2008 08:24:05 AM PST

Isn't it interesting that today more and more, especially these so called Gormet magazines like Food

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Wow my diabetes is sending me in shock as I read the recipe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lynn K9 S. - June 12, 2008 02:44:34 PM PST

Were I 18 yoa again I'd have 4 pieces in 30 minutes! Then the chocolate milk!! What I see will be delicious but as a diabetic 73g of sugar per serving is terror to my veins. Lynx

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SPEAKERBOXX - June 11, 2008 12:51:58 PM PST

it looks like box cake to me...

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