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Very Red Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Icing and Pecans

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Slices of a bright red threelayer cake with white frosting and pecans.
Photo by Robert S. Cooper

For me, red velvet is the ultimate birthday cake, the one I never get tired of—and I’m not the only one. Mine will knock your socks off, it’s such a vibrant magenta color. People just gasp when I cut it. And it’s a three-layer cake, so it looks like a Big Deal from the get-go. If you ever need to bring a cake to an event, this is the one to choose.

Two Tips

I sometimes like to mix the pecan bits right into the frosting. Don’t worry, they’ll stay crisp. You can make 18 cupcakes from this recipe. They’ll take about 25 minutes to bake.

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