Red Velvet Baby Cakes
By: Jo Ann
Published: Monday, May 10, 2010 - 8:23pm

Ingredients




Ingredients:

3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/4 cups sugar
 cup plus 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 1/4 cups vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (1-ounce) bottle red food coloring
1 recipe Cream-Cheese Icing (recipe follows) (I used my Whippe

Preparation

1 Directions: 2 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour cookie sheet with rim. (Mine measured 13 x 29-inches) 3 In a mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. 4 Add eggs, oil, buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla extract, and red food coloring; beat at medium speed with electric mixer until combined. 5 Spread batter onto cookie sheet. 6 Bake 20 minutes, or until a tester inserted near center comes out clean. 7 Let cool in pan 10 minutes. Using a 2-1/2-inch round cookie cutter, cut as many as you can from the baked cake. Use the bits and pieces for the cake crumb edging. 8 Use the icing of your choice. Mine is just a stabilized whipped cream.