Let me start off with wishing everybody a Happy New Years. I also hope everybody had a great Christmas. We definitely enjoyed our Christmas this year! This was actually mine and Brandon's first year to spend the holidays as a married couple. We both were able to celebrate the 
Christmas holiday with both of families for the first time together. It was so much fun!
Christmas holiday with both of families for the first time together. It was so much fun!On Christmas day, we enjoyed opening presents, spending time with each other, and cooking the Christmas meal. For dessert, we had the Red Velvet Cake. Let me tell ya....we loved it. 
Notice Audrey's Christmas Gift. That's right...she got a KitchenAid!!!
Also, during the mixing of the cake, we decided that we wanted to add 1/3c of cocoa instead of what the recipe called for. We decided that this was a good decision.
We also discovered, all because of me, that if you mix the cake, put it in the pans, place it in the oven, then take them out, put the mixture back in the bowl, at the baking soda, then put the mixture back in the pans then into the oven, the cake tastes better! ;) Just saying!
(FYI: I missed putting the baking soda in the
batter. LOL. I would not recommend doing
what I did. LOL)
Now to 
the best part...the icing! I didn't get to help
the best part...the icing! I didn't get to help with the mixing of the icing. I was snoozin' after lunch, but Audrey and MeMa whipped it up and iced the cake. It was so Yummy!
The Final Product!!! WOW it was so good. We loved it. It even turned out Great with my goof up. I think we will definitely make this cake again. We really enjoyed it!
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Finally - someone was brave (or had enough people to eat the whole thing) to make the cake. It is beautiful. I like the suggestion to add more cocoa which also helps make the color not so red although Tarin's suggestion was good as well. Funny about the baking soda but glad you caught it. Good to hear you had a wonderful Chrismtas and I love Audrey's red Kitchen Aid! - so festive!
Looks so pretty. We aren't big sweets people - I like to eat cookies - just the perfect size for me. It seems like when I make a cake we eat a few pieces and then the rest goes to waste.
Great post Dana :) It was fun making the cake from scratch and very fun using the new mixer ! It was hard to stay on track with the recipe because we made it while we were getting Christmas dinner together & so we had many distractions :) I did think that the extra cocoa really tasted good. We did have at least half of the cake left, so I cut it in single servings & wrapped it in Saran wrap & then froze them. That way if you want a piece of cake you can just pull it out and it thaws out quickly. Tastes great also!
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