Bake 52: Week 44

This week's pick was a 

Red Velvet Layer Cake

 Growing up I never tasted a red velvet cake.  Once I got married, I found out that red velvet cake is "the cake" in my hubby's family.  In fact, when we got married it was his very favorite cake. His mom always made it for his birthday.  And she made it gluten-free.  Here I come into the picture with no idea what gluten-free even means...let's say I left that up to his mom for awhile.

Over the years I have tried a couple of different red velvet cakes and cupcakes with surprisingly good results.  When I saw that was the pick for this week, I decided to give it one more try, gluten-free style.  I followed the recipe exactly, only substituted a GF baking mix for the flour.  The results were great!  The middles of my cakes sank, but that was easily remedied by adding a lot of frosting to even it out. You can never get too much frosting - oh and did I mention it was cream cheese frosting?  Absolutely delish!  We always put red velvet cake in the fridge, so after trying it, I covered it up good and put it in the fridge overnight. I really do think it was even better the next day.

Check out Janet's blog for the recipe!