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Summary
This rendition of a Southern specialty gets its deep-red hue from food coloring and comes from Martha Stewart -- not our Martha but her namesake, a home cook from Montclair, New Jersey.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pans
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour (not self-rising), sifted, plus more for pans
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 one-ounce bottles liquid red food coloring
- 3 tablespoons lukewarm water
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- Cream Cheese Frosting for Red Velvet Cake
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 778 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 36 g 55.65%
- Saturated Fat: 20 g 100.6%
- Trans Fat: 1 g %
- Cholesterol: 47 mg 15.67%
- Sodium: 470 mg 19.59%
- Calcium: 68 mg 6.8%
- Potassium: 158 mg 4.51%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 3 mg 19.01%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 115 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 1 g 5.87%
- Sugar: 77 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 10.93%
- Vitamin C 0.51%
- Vitamin D 0.08%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat7
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs5
- Exchange - Starch2
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total3 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq