Saturday, June 21, 2008

Have your Cake and Eat it too...


Me and my husband were invited to a barbecue by some friends, they called us up and told us it was a food network party! So, were assigned a chef and we had make one of their recipes. At first I was a little nervous, I never do this and I thought what if it doesn't turn out? Then my cute friend said "Well, everyone is doing it. So they will understand if it doesn't work out"

I was excited when I was assigned Paula Deen, She is actually the only chef I know. Just because I recently watched her on Oprah and loved her. I chose to make her Red Velvet Cake. I couldn't be happier with the way it looked...I haven't tasted it yet, so I will let you know! I am off to the barbecue. She has this website http://www.pauladeen.com/ with a lot of other fun recipes.



Grandmother Paula's Red Velvet Cake

Ingredients:
2 eggs
2 cup sugar
2 tablespoon cocoa
2 ounce red food coloring
1/2 lb (2 sticks) butter
2 1/2 cup cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon vinegar

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat eggs; add sugar. Mix cocoa and food coloring. Add butter and egg mixture; mix well. Sift together flour and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Blend in vanilla. In a small bowl, combine soda and vinegar and add to mixture. Pour into three 8-inch round greased and floured pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tests done.
Icing: 1 16-ounce box of confectioner's sugar 1 stick butter, softened 1 cup melted marshmallows 1 cup shredded coconut 1 cup chopped pecans 1 8-ounce package of cream cheese
Blend cream cheese and butter. Add marshmallows and sugar and blend. Fold in coconut and nuts. Spread between layers and on top and sides of cooled cake.
Yield: 16 to 20 servings Prep time: 15-20 minutes Cook time: 20-25 minutes Ease of Preparation: moderate
L&S SCCB, Pg. 126-127
Recipe courtesy Paula Deen



I promise I will get to scrapbooking this week!!!

3 comments:

susan said...

Karen,
It's so much fun to see the picture of your boys. Your mom was so excited about the vacation and I can't wait for her to tell me all about it. You all have so much fun together. All of you are a perfect example of what a family should be.
Hey, that cake is beautiful! I hope your barbeque was fun. Thanks for the website. I'm going to try some of those recipes. Hope to see more of your vacation pictures soon. Susan

Brittany said...

Ooh, that cake is so pretty, I don't think I would even want to cut into it!

Jennybug said...

I love the this cake, and you really made it? You didn't just photo shop yourself in the picture did you? I know you are getting pretty good with editing pictures!