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Raining Blood Red Velvet Cake
Photo: David Holifield

Raining Blood Red Velvet Cake

21 ingredients 6 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

1242
Calories
34g
Protein
46g
Fat
173g
Carbs

Counts 13 of 14 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 13 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chocolate 1 oz (28g) semisweet 155
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Cream Cheese 1 oz (28g) 99
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Red Raspberry 1 cup (123g) 64
Raspberry 1 cup (123g) 64
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Vanilla 1 tsp extract (4ml) 12
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Cake not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • Cake Ingredients
  • ½ cup shortening
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tablespoons of cocoa
  • Some red food coloring
  • 1 teaspoon of salt
  • 2 ½ cups of flour
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla
  • 1 cup of buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon of baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon of vinegar
  • Frosting Ingredients
  • 1 lb. softened cream cheese
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 sticks softened unsalted butter
  • Some vanilla extract
  • Blood Red Raspberry Coulis Ingredients
  • 1 pint raspberries
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice

Directions

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Cream shortening, beat in sugar gradually. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix cocoa and red coloring, add to creamed mixture. Add salt, flour and vanilla alternately with buttermilk, beating after each addition. Sprinkle soda over vinegar, pour vinegar over batter. Stir until thoroughly mixed. Bake in 2 8-inch pans for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. After they cool, smear frosting on one of the cakes and put the other one on top of it. Then add more frosting.

2

For the frosting, mix the butter, powdered sugar and cream cheese until it comes together and any lumps have dissolved. Spread it all over the cake, making little craters for your pools of blood.

3

For the coulis, combine all ingredients in a saucepan over medium heat, then stir and mash with a wooden spoon until the mixture begins to simmer and raspberries soften. Press the mixture through a fine sieve or cheesecloth-lined strainer into a bowl, and cool for 15 minutes before spooning over and around cake to create bloody effect.

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Recipe sourced from fandom

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