Hi everyone!

I'm looking for your best Red Velvet cake recipe! If you are willing to share I would love to know the one that people ask for over and over. I have recently moved to Georgia and people really love their red velvet down here and I want to be able to give them the best!

Thanks in advance for sharing!
Karen

Here are all the CC RVC recipes:

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=Recipes&sort=recipename&sort_dir=ASC&op=search&chname=X&chingredients=X&searchtext=red+velvet&cat_id=-1&x=31&y=8

HTH

This is a beloved recipe from Miss Daisy King she owned a Tea Room for years and she regulary appears on a Nashville program called Talk Of The Town I hope you give it a try and let me know what you think of it if you try it. Enjoy

Red Velvet Cake

DAISY KING / MISS DAISY'S KITCHEN

1/2 c butter
1/2 c shortening
2 c sugar
4 eggs
2 1/2 c flour
1 t baking soda
1/4 t salt
4 T cocoa
1 c buttermilk
1 t vanilla
4 T red food coloring

In a bowl of large mixer, combine the butter, shortening, and sugar until creamy. Add eggs, one

at a time. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and cocoa, and gradually add to butter mixture alternating with buttermilk. Add vanilla and red food coloring. Blend well, Pour into 3 greased and floured 9-inch cake pans or 1 tube pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake, prepare frosting and ice cake. Yield: 12 -14 servings.

Frosting

1 16-oz box confectioners' sugar
1 c butter, softened
1 t vanilla
4 T heavy cream
1/2 c sweetened flaked coconutred food coloring

In large bowl of mixer, blend confectioners sugar, butter, vanilla and heavy cream until smooth and fluffy. You may need to add additional cream to achieve fluffy consistency. Frost layers and assemble. Tint coconut with red food coloring and sprinkle on top.

I will definitely try Miss Daisy's recipe! Has anyone tried Duncan Hines red velvet cake mix?

I grew up with red velvet frosted with the flour and milk icing. If red velvet has any other icing, it's just not red velvet.
If you are in Georgia you may want to try Paula Deen's recipe:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/grandmother-pauls-red-velvet-cake-recipe/index.html

i made DH red velvet cake mix and it was good! I did add more cocoa powder to it and mayo(my grandma's BF) the kids loved it and so did my cousin and sister and my cousin is the one who is going to tell you whats on her mind!

I've found Martha Stewart's recipe to work well:

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/red-velvet-cake?lnc=5a79cf380e1dd010VgnVCM1000005b09a00aRCRD&rsc=recipecontent_food

It isn't overly sweet, but quite moist, so it might depend on what you're used to in a red velvet.

Just a quick question....I have a bride that wants red velvet with the whipping icing. Will that be alright under fondant? Or should we go with cream cheese icing? She wants a moist cake too....all recipes I know of are kinda dry.

where can I find the flour and milk icing recipe? My husband LOVES red velvet cake but he likes the 7 minute frosting like his momma always used on her red velvet cakes. Might be nice to mix it up a little bit with something new.

Hey jen--
I wouldn't use whipped cream icing under frosting, I think it would be too unstable. I wonder about the cream cheese frosting, it is so soft. I'm trying a white chocolate cream cheese icing this weekend for a wedding cake (Not under fondant) the white chocolate gives the icing more stability. Good luck

thanks for the info