Desserts · Calibama Cooking

Red Velvet Pound Cake

Christmas isn't Christmas without red velvet cake! Here's another confession... Layered red velvet cakes are sometimes a little bit a pain to put…

Ingredients

For the cake...
3 cups cake flour
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa
2 sticks butter, softened
1 block cream cheese, softened
1 tsp vanilla
2 ozs red food coloring
For the glaze...
1/3 cup mascarpone cheese, softened
1/2 block cream cheese, softened
1/3 cup powdered sugar (more/less to taste)
Add Milk/Cream ((add 1 - 2 Tbps at a time, until desired consistency is achieved))

1.
Cream softened butter and cream cheese.
2.
Add sugar and cream together.
3.
In a separate bowl, combine cocoa powder and food coloring. Mix by becoming like a paste.
4.
Combine cocoa-coloring paste in with sugar and cream mixture. Mix well until all fully incorporated.
5.
Add eggs, one at a time.
6.
Add cake flour, one cup at a time.
7.
When flour well combined, add vanilla. Mix all well.
8.
Pour batter into sprayed/greased bundt cake pan. Do not full over 1/2 to 1/3 pan.
9.
Bake at 325 for 1 hr 15 minutes. Until toothpick comes out clean.
10.
Let cake cool on baking rack for approx 10 minutes, then flip the cake over.
11.
Spread glaze once the cake has cooled.
12.
Combine cream cheese, mascarpone cheese, sifted powdered sugar. Slowly stir in cream (or milk) 1 - 2 tablespoons at a time until desired consistency is achieved.
13.
Stir in vanilla.
14.
Pour/spread over the cake once the cake is cooled.
15.
Prepare to be praised and adored by everyone who tastes your totally awesome cake!

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