Christmas Recipes: Red Velvet Cake, Holiday Dips

December 23, 2013

redvel.jpgThe holidays are a time when a lot of people head into the kitchen to cook for family and friends. You just can’t go wrong with a red velvet cake. We also have a couple of dip recipes just in time for your Christmas entertaining — a black bean dip and a hot cream cheese dip.

Red Velvet Cake
by Shirley Boone

CAKE

  • 1 ½ cups oil
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 2 ½ cups cake flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp. cocoa
  • 1 oz bottle red food coloring
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. cider vinegar
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk

Mix oil and sugar together. Add eggs and beat well. Add food coloring. Add vinegar to buttermilk and pour into oil mixture. Add vanilla. In small bowl combine cake flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Mix with other ingredients until well blended. Pour into 9 inch greased and floured pans. Bake at 350 degrees. Two pans bake for 30-35 minutes, three pans bake for 20-25 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes and wrap in plastic wrap until cool.

ICING

  • 8 oz. cream cheese, softened
  • 1 box confectioners sugar
  • 1 stick Parkay margarine, softened
  • 1 cup chopped pecans
  • 1 tsp. vanilla

Mix all together until creamed. Spread on cooled cake.

Black Bean Dip
by Mona Brown

  • 2 cans black beans, drained
  • 2 cans shoe peg corn, drained
  • ½ bunch green onions, chopped
  • Sprinkle of garlic powder
  • Mix ½ cup olive oil, ½ cup apple cider vinegar and ½ cup sugar.

Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix together. Marinate for 24 hours. Drain and add 8 ounces of feta cheese. Serve with Scoops.

Hot Cream Cheese Dip
from the Molino Homemakers Club

  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 8 oz sour cream
  • 1 cup cooked crumbled bacon
  • 3 stalks green onion diced
  • 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Mix all ingredients and pour into a 9×9 glass pan or pie plate. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Serve warm with Chicken in a Biscuit crackers.

Comments

2 Responses to “Christmas Recipes: Red Velvet Cake, Holiday Dips”

  1. Sharon Poulsen on December 24th, 2013 7:31 pm

    I just used the Red Velvet cake recipe to make cupcakes for Christmas morning breakfast. They are yummy. Thanks William and Shirley Boone for sharing the recipe.

  2. Terri on December 24th, 2013 3:05 pm

    These are some really good recipes. Give them a try any time of the year. I have made each of them many times over the years, recently the red velvet cake. Very yummy!

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