• Time Out Chicago
    • Time Out Worldwide
    • Travel
    • Book store
    • Subscribe to Time Out New York
    • Subscriber Services
  • Time Out New York
  • Ad Space
    (728 x 90)
  • Search
  •  
    • Home
    • Apartments
    • Art
    • Books
    • Clubs
    • Comedy
    • Dance
    • Film
    • Games
    • Gay
    • I, New York
    • Kids
    • Museums
    • Music
    • Opera & Classical
    • Own This City
    • Restaurants & Bars
    • Sex & Dating
    • Shopping
    • Spas & Sport
    • Theater
    • Travel
    • TV & DVD

  • « BACK TO SEARCH
    • In this series

      • Articles
        • 100 best

        • New York's tastiest ten

        • NYC's top 100 foods: Best of the rest

        • You want fries with that?

        • Jew vs. pig

        • The art of the sandwich

        • Worker’s chomp

        • What dishes did we miss?

        • Recipe: Caraway-infused aquavit

        • Recipe: Cherry Lime Rickey

        • Recipe: Mini coffee and chocolate sandwich cookies

        • Recipe: Lasagna Fatta in Casa

        • Recipe: The Picante Sandwich

        • Recipe: Lobster roll

        • Recipe: Red-velvet cake

        • Indulge without guilt

        • One for the road

        • Showdown

        • The ultimate bread basket

        • Mouths from the South


    • Tools

      • E-mail

        E-mail a friend





        • * Mandatory

        • View our privacy policy
      • Print
      • Rate & comment
        [X]

        • (will not appear on site)
          *Required
          •  characters left

        • View our privacy policy
      • Report an error

        Report an error


        • View our privacy policy
      • Share this
        • Delicious
        • Digg
        • Facebook
        • reddit
        • StumbleUpon


  • Blogs

    The TONY Blog

    • The Broadway Bomb: 200 skateboarders have a death wish on Saturday

    • Published on 10/10/08

    • At noon on Saturday, about 200 people will barrel down the entire length of Broadway on longboard skateboards for the annual "illegal" Broadway Bomb race. Why? Good question. We...

    More posts »





    The Feed

    • NYC Wine & Food Festival: Ferran-tastic

    • Published on 10/12/08

    • Yesterday’s Times Talk with Anthony Bourdain and El Bulli’s Ferran Adria, the world’s most famous chef since Escoffier, was incredible if only for this reason: to see badass...

    More posts »





    Video

    Tons of clips!

    • Get a heads-up on the week's biggest events, go inside the hottest restaurants, trendiest shops, and more.

    Watch videos »





  • Ad Space
    (120 x 240)


  • TONY Free Flix

    • Get free tickets to hot new movie releases.





    Prizes & Promotions

    • Win prizes and get discounts, event invites and more.





    TONY Nightlife+

    • Get real-time information for bars, clubs and restaurants on your mobile.





    TONY on the radio

    • Tune in to Out There with TONY on WPS1.org for conversations with our
      editors and special guests.





    Subscribe

    • • Subscribe now

    • • Give a gift

    • • Subscriber services





  • Features

    Time Out New York / Issue 639 : Dec 27, 2007–Jan 2, 2008
    100 best food and drink

    Recipe: Red-velvet cake

    Courtesy of Cake Man Raven bakery

    Serves 10–12

    Cake

    Dry ingredients:
    2 1/2 cups cake flour
    1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
    1 tsp baking soda
    1 tsp fine salt
    1 tsp cocoa powder

    Wet ingredients:
    1 cup buttermilk
    2 eggs
    1 tsp vinegar (white distilled)
    1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
    1 oz red food coloring
    1 tsp vanilla extract



    1. Sift together all dry ingredients
    2. Put wet ingredients into an electric mixing bowl and beat on medium speed until well incorporated.
    3. Slowly add dry ingredients to mixing bowl until all ingredients are combined
    4. Pour and spread evenly into a cake tin and bake at 350 degrees for 20–30 minutes
    5. Remove and leave to cool. Make frosting while you wait.

    Frosting

    4 cups confectioners’ sugar
    1 lb. cream cheese (room temperature)
    1 lb. butter (softened)
    2 tsp vanilla extract



    1. Mix together the cream cheese and the softened butter. Gradually add confectioners’ sugar until it reaches desired sweetness and smoothness
    2. Add vanilla extract and mix well
    3. Apply frosting to cake top

    Reproduced with permission of Cake Man Raven bakery.




    • Comments
    • |
    • Leave a comment
    [X]

    • (will not appear on site)
      *Required
      •  characters left

    • View our privacy policy

    • No comments yet. Click here and be the first!



      • Subscribe now and save 90%!

      • For just $19.97 a year, you'll get hundreds of listings and free events each week, plus our special issues and guides, including Cheap Eats, Great Spas, Fall Preview, Holiday Gift Guide and more!
      • Time Out Covers
      • Time Out New York respects your privacy. We will only use your e-mail address in order to contact you regarding to your subscription and to send you our weekly e-newsletter. We will not share this information with anyone.

  • Ad Space
    (320 x 110)


    Ad Space
    (300 x 250)


  • Most viewed in Features

    • Articles
    • What is gay culture?
    • Fall girl
    • Don’t Miss: October 2008
    • What's your fantasy
    • Ariel acrobatics
    • Cheap eats for every occasion
    • What the guidebooks won’t tell you
    • Eat Out Awards 2008
    • Men, which is sexier?
    • We're still horny


  • Ad Space
    (160 x 600)


    Ad Space
    (160 x 600)
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Contact Us
    • Media Kit & Advertising
    • Get Listed
    • We're Hiring
    • Subscribe
    • Subscriber Services
    • Site Map
    • Home
    • Apartments
    • Art
    • Books
    • Clubs
    • Comedy
    • Dance
    • Film
    • Games
    • Gay
    • I, New York
    • Kids
    • Museums
    • Music
    • Opera & Classical
    • Own This City
    • Restaurants & Bars
    • Sex & Dating
    • Shopping
    • Spas & Sport
    • Theater
    • Travel
    • TV & DVD
    • Visit our sister sites:
    • Time Out New York Kids
    • Time Out Chicago
    • Time Out London
    • Time Out Worldwide
    Copyright © 2000–2008 Time Out New York