Best Red Velvet Pound Cake Recipes

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in food coloring and extracts (mixture may appear curdled). In another bowl, whisk flour, baking cocoa, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating after each addition just until combined., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 70-75 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely., For icing, in a large bowl, beat cream cheese and butter until creamy. Beat in vanilla. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over cake; sprinkle with pecans. Store in refrigerator.

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Lightly brush a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with butter; dust with cocoa powder, tapping out excess. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• With an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and granulated sugar until pale and fluffy, about 4 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium; add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition and scraping down bowl as needed. Beat in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and vinegar. Reduce speed to low; add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with buttermilk and starting and ending with flour mixture, until just combined. Add food coloring; beat until fully incorporated.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Tap pan on counter; smooth top with an offset spatula. Bake until a tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour 20 minutes, tenting with foil if browning too quickly. Transfer pan to a wire rack and let cool 15 minutes, then turn cake out of pan onto rack and let cool completely. Cake can be stored, wrapped in plastic, at room temperature up to 2 days.
• When ready to serve, beat cream cheese with confectioners' sugar and remaining 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract until smooth. Spread with a spatula over top of cake. Slice and serve.

RED VELVET PECAN PRALINE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• To make Pecan Praline Powder:
• Prepare a jelly roll pan by lining with foil and buttering the bottom.
• Combine 1/2 cup water with 1/2 cup granulated sugar in a heavy bottomed skillet over high heat and cook until the mixture begins to turn a light caramel color (about 8 minutes). When sugar becomes caramel colored, quickly add 1/2 cup toasted chopped pecans and mix with a wooden spoon until nuts are covered with caramel.
• Take off heat and immediately pour mixture onto the buttered foil-lined jelly roll pan, spreading out the hot sugar-nut mixture. Allow it to cool. Once it cools completely, break it into pieces and pulverize in a food proccesor. Grind it a bit coarsely, so you can see nut bits, but that is a personal preference. Set aside. Makes about 2/3 cup.
• To Make Pound Cake: Preheat oven to 300 degree F.
• Grease, flour and sprinkle with finely chopped pecans (1/3 cup untoasted) a 10-inch tube pan.
• Cream together butter, shortening and sugar until fluffy. Blend in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add red food coloring and vanilla extract. In another bowl stir together flour, cocoa powder and baking powder.
• Beat flour mixture in three parts into creamed mixture, alternating with buttermilk. Begin and end with flour. Stir in chocolate chips and Pecan Praline Powder.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until toothpick tests clean. Cool 15 minutes in pan, then invert onto serving plate and allow to cool completely before serving. Dust with cocoa powder or confectioners sugar for a pretty presentation.

JAN'S RED VELVET SWIRL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl using an electric mixer until well combined. Add sugar and beat until fluffy. Mix vanilla extract, salt, and baking powder into the creamed mixture. Beat in 2 eggs. Add 1 cup flour and mix well. Add 2 eggs and mix well. Add 1 cup flour and mix well. Add last 2 eggs and mix well. Add remaining 1 cup flour and mix until batter is smooth.
• Remove 2 cups batter and place in a separate bowl. Stir in cocoa powder and red velvet emulsion. Pour 1/2 the plain batter into the prepared pan. Add 1/2 the red velvet batter and swirl with a knife. Repeat with remaining plain batter and red velvet batter, swirling gently.
• Bake on the middle rack of the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 90 minutes.

RED VELVET SWIRL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Sift together flour and 3/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl.
• In a large mixing bowl, beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy.
• Gradually add sugar; beat at medium speed 5 minutes or until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
• Gradually add 1/2 of flour mixture to butter mixture, beating at low speen.
• Add 1 cup cream and extracts, beating just until blended.
• Add remaining flour mixture, beating just until blended.
• Scrape down sides of bowl; increase speed to med-high and beat 5 minutes (batter will become very creamy and satiny).
• Reserve 1 1/2 cups batter.
• Pour remaining batter into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
• Add melted chocolate and food coloring to reserved batter; stir until blended.
• Add to batter in pan in 2 batches, using a spoon to swirl the batters.
• Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack 30 minutes.
• Run a knife around edges to loosen cake; cool completely in pan.
• Whisk together powdered sugar, 9 tablespoons cream, and pinch of salt in a bowl until smooth; spoon thickly over cake.
• Let stand 15 minutes; sprinkle with glitter.

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-inch bundt pan & set aside.
• 2. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients in order given. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes; pour into prepared pan. Bake 50 to 60 minutes. Cool in pan 10 - 15 minutes before removing to serving plate. For glaze, use 1/2 cup frosting & microwave 15 - 30 seconds until liquid; drizzle over cake.
• 3. You can use any combination of cake mix & pudding...I've tried lemon cake mix and lemon pudding, chocolate cake mix & chocolate pudding with white glaze, and at Halloween I made it with spice cake mix and pumpkin spice pudding, with cream cheese frosting.

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Cream shortening, sugar and beat well, add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
• Add other ingredients alternating with milk and flavorings.
• Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes at 325 Soften the butter and cream cheese, beat well and add other ingredients until spreading consistency Ice cool cake.

CREAM CHEESE RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Cream butter and cream cheese together. Add sugar, beat until creamy. Add eggs one at a time beating after each one. In another bowl whisk together both flours and cocoa, add flour mixture and red food coloring to sugar mixture. Mix well, scraping bowl. Pour into a well greased and floured tube pan. Bake at 320 degrees for 1 hour. Cool in pan for 10 minutes then turn on to rack and completely cool before frosting. Cream Cheese Frosting: Mix cream cheese and margarine, add sugar. Frost cake and pat pecans on top and sides of cake.

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Make the filling: in a small bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar at medium speed with a mixer until smooth.
• Add egg and vanilla, beating until combined; set aside.
• Preheat oven to 325°.
• Spray a 12- to 15-cup fluted pan with nonstick baking spray with flour.
• In a big bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed with a mixer until fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in vinegar and vanilla.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda.
• Gradually add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating just until combined after each addition.
• Spoon half the batter into prepared pan.
• Top evenly with cream cheese filling.
• Spoon remaining batter over filling.
• Bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1hour and 15 minutes OR until a pick comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan, and cook completely on a wire rack.
• Garnish with powdered sugar, if desired.

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. CAKE: Preheat oven to 300. Grease 10" tube pan with crisco and then sprinkle with sugar or flour to coat or spray with Baker's Joy. I actually like using Wilton Cake Release. Sift flour & baking powder together and set aside.
• 2. Cream crisco, butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add cocoa, vanilla, salt & food coloring. Mix well.
• 3. Now to that add alternately the flour mixture and milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and combine well.
• 4. Pour into prepared tube pan and bake at 300 for approximately 90 minutes. Cool completely before icing cake.
• 5. ICING: With mixer, cream together the butter and cream cheese. Slowly add the powdered sugar then the vanilla. Cream until smooth. Ice cooled cake. Just double the recipe if you like more icing.

RED VELVET POUND CAKE RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• For cake: Preheat oven to 325° F. Lightly grease and flour springform pan; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla and food coloring. In another large bowl, combine the flour, salt and cocoa. Dissolve the baking soda in the vinegar and add to the buttermilk. Alternate stirrring in the flour and buttermilk, beginning and ending wh the flour. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for about 1 hour and 20 minutes or until cake is done and a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool in pan about 30 minutes. Remove cake from pan to a wire rack to cool completely before frosting. For Frosting: Mix together vanilla frosting and cream cheese. Frost between layers and then make a thin layer on top and sides; refrigerate for 1 hour. Then, frost with cool whip and garnish with coconut around edge of top and bottom.

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE: Cream sugar, shortening, vanilla, food coloring and eggs.
• Add dry ingredients and milk.
• Bake in large and floured tube pan for 1-1/2 hours at 275 degrees.
• Turn out of pan to cool.
• ICING: Cream together cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and butter.
• Spread over cooled cake.

RED VELVET POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. For the cake, in a mixing bowl, combine the butter, shortening, and sugar, and cream until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the food coloring and vanilla. Stir together the flour and salt; add this to the creamed mixture alternately with the milk, beating well. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake 1 hour and 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool the cake in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a rack to cool completely.
• While the cake cools, make the frosting: Combine the cream cheese and butter and blend until smooth. Stir in the vanilla, mixing well. Gradually add the sugar, beating until creamy. If necessary, add a little milk to achieve a spreading consistency.
• Frost the cake.