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Grandma's Red Velvet Cake (Sunny Anderson) Recipe

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Ingredients
19
Count
Nutrition
877
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 oz red food coloring
  • 3 tbsp cocoa powder
  • pinch salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp vinegar
  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
  • special equipment: 12 by 17-inch jelly roll pan, parchment paper

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar, until light and fluffy. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, make a paste out of the red food coloring, cocoa and salt. Remove bowl from stand mixer and mix in paste by hand to the creamed butter. In a measuring cup, stir eggs with buttermilk and add to batter. Mix in vinegar and vanilla, and then add flour and baking soda. Mix until combined but do not over mix.
  3. Butter a sheet pan. Lay parchment on top. Butter the parchment. Pour batter into pan and smooth the top to even the batter out, using an offset spatula. Bake cake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool in pan.
  4. Meanwhile, make the frosting: Heat all ingredients in a medium saucepan. Whisk until sauce thickens, about 15 minutes. Let cool slightly before using.
  5. Invert cake onto a cutting board and slice into quarters from the longer side. To assemble cake, spread 1 of the quarters with some of the frosting to cover. Sprinkle with a quarter of the pecans. Add another layer of cake and repeat. Continue until last layer is added. Frost the top of that and sprinkle with remaining pecans.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 877.03 Kcal (3672 kJ)
Calories from fat 585.17 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 65.02g 100%
Cholesterol 133.1mg 44%
Sodium 276.08mg 12%
Potassium 315.85mg 7%
Total Carbs 68.07g 23%
Sugars 36.31g 145%
Dietary Fiber 4.43g 18%
Protein 10.44g 21%
Vitamin C 0.4mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.5mg 15%
Iron 1.6mg 9%
Calcium 111mg 11%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 417.35 Kcal (1747 kJ)
Calories from fat 278.46 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 30.94g 100%
Cholesterol 63.34mg 44%
Sodium 131.38mg 12%
Potassium 150.3mg 7%
Total Carbs 32.39g 23%
Sugars 17.28g 145%
Dietary Fiber 2.11g 18%
Protein 4.97g 21%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 15%
Iron 0.8mg 9%
Calcium 52.8mg 11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 22.2
    Points
  • 25
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium

Bad Points

  • High in Total Fat

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