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Aunt Bea's Moist Red Velvet Cake

3.20 from 10 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Resting Time 10 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 1/2 cup Sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 tbsp. Cocoa
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cup Cake Flour
  • 1 tsp. Vinegar
  • 1 cup Shortening
  • 2 oz. Red Food Coloring
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 tsp. Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp. Salt

Buttercream Icing

  • 1 8 oz. Package of Cream Cheese
  • 1/2 stick Butter
  • 1 box Powdered Sugar
  • 1 tsp. Vanilla
  • 1/2 cup Chopped Pecans

Instructions
 

Cake Batter

  • Mix sugar, salt and shortening together until fluffy. Add eggs, on at a time; beat well after each addition.  
  • Mix coloring and cocoa. Add to sugar mixture, beating well. Add buttermilk and flour alternately, beating well after each addition. Mix baking soda and vinegar and fold into mixture.  
  • Bake in three 9- inch greased and floured pans at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.  The cake is done when it pulls away from the sides of the pan.  Do not over bake.  Let cake cool in pans or on racks for 10 minutes. 

Buttercream Icing

  • Cream cheese and butter need to be at room temperature.  Mix cream cheese and butter until fluffy and slowly add powder sugar until mixed well, add vanilla and stir in chopped pecans.  

Notes

I use butter and shortening sticks for easy use. 
Use the butter and shortening paper to grease the pans.