Red Velvet Cake And Cream Cheese Icing (paula Deen)

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter (2 sticks)
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 2 ounces red food coloring
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
• 1 cup marshmallow creme
• 1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar
• 1 cup coconut, shredded (optional)
• 1 cup pecans, chopped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in a mixing bowl cream sugar and butter, beat until light and fluffy.
• 3 add eggs on at a time.
• 4 mix cocoa and food coloring together in a small bowl; add to mixture and mix well.
• 5 sift together cake flour and salt.
• 6 add flour to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour.
• 7 blend in vanilla.
• 8 in a small bowl combine baking soda and vineager. add to mixture.
• 9 pour batter into 2 9inch or 3 8 inch cake pans.
• 10 bake 20-25 minutes or until done.
• 11 cool completely before frosting.
• 12 for icing:.
• 13 blend cream cheese and butter together in a mixing bowl.
• 14 add marshmallow creme and sugar; blend well.
• 15 fold in coconut and nuts if desired (or what i always do is press them into just the sides of the cake after i get the icing on it; very pretty this way!).
• 16 spread between layers and on top and sides of cooled cake.