Classic Red Velvet Cake

Ingredients

RED VELVET CAKE

• Pillsbury™ Baking Spray with Flour
• 2 1/2 cups White Lily® Enriched Bleached All-Purpose Flour
• 2 tablespoons Dutch process or regular unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
• 1 (1 oz.) bottle red food coloring
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• 1 cup buttermilk

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

• 12 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon clear imitation vanilla extract or vanilla extract
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans, toasted

Instructions

1. HEAT oven to 350°F. Coat 3 (8-inch) round cake pans with baking spray. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in medium bowl.
2. BEAT sugar, butter and eggs in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. In a separate bowl, combine oil, food coloring, extract and vinegar. Add to creamed mixture; beat until well blended. Gradually add flour mixture and buttermilk, beating until blended.
3. SPREAD evenly in prepared pans. Bake 23 to 26 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove from pans; cool completely.
4. BEAT cream cheese, butter and extract in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until blended. Gradually add powdered sugar until smooth. Beat on high speed 1 minute or until light and fluffy. Fill and frost cooled cake with frosting. Garnish sides of cake with pecans.

Nutrition

Serving Size (1 slice, 1/16 of cake), Calories 620 (Calories from Fat 370), Total Fat 42g (Saturated Fat 16g, Trans Fat 1g), Cholesterol 85mg, Sodium 330mg, Total Carbohydrate 59g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 43g), Protein 6g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 15%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 6%, Iron 8%.

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.