I wanted to make something creative for Christmas, but I didn't want to make a simple red velvet cake. So this is what I came up with! A very colorful red and green velvet cake! This is fairly simple, and meant to prevent dirtying up a lot of dishes.
Provided by arielxxlynn
Categories Desserts Cakes Sheet Cake Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Grease a 9x13-inch sheet pan.
- Mash vegetable shortening and sugar together in a large bowl until smooth and creamy; beat in eggs until fully incorporated.
- Stir buttermilk, cocoa powder, salt, and vanilla extract into the shortening mixture until the liquid ingredients are an even color and texture.
- Sift flour into the liquid ingredients until combined.
- Pour half the batter into a separate bowl.
- Lightly stir red food color into one bowl of batter and green food color into the other bowl of batter.
- Quickly fold 3/4 teaspoon baking soda and 1 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar into the bowl of red batter; quickly fold 3/4 teaspoon baking soda and 1 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar into the bowl of green batter.
- Pour the red and green batters into the prepared sheet pan in alternating colors.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the cake is lightly browned on top and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool completely before frosting.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 290.3 calories, Carbohydrate 46.4 g, Cholesterol 31.8 mg, Fat 9.9 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 4.6 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 385 mg, Sugar 26.2 g
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