"Light" Red Velvet Cake

13 ingredients
12 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/2 c. butter
  • 4 oz. fat-free cream cheese, softened
  • 1 1/2 c. sugar
  • 1/2 c. fat-free egg substitute
  • 2 (1 oz.) bottles red food coloring
  • 2 1/4 c. cake flour
  • 2 Tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp. salt
  • 1 c. nonfat buttermilk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • cooking spray
  • Frosting

Directions

  1. 1
    Beat butter and cream cheese at medium speed with electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar.
  2. 2
    Beat well.
  3. 3
    Gradually add egg substitute; beat well.
  4. 4
    Stir in food coloring.
  5. 5
    Combine cake flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
  6. 6
    Mix just until blended after each addition.
  7. 7
    Stir in vanilla.
  8. 8
    Pour batter into 3 (9-inch) round cake pans coated with cooking spray.
  9. 9
    Bake for 18 minutes at 350°.
  10. 10
    Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove from pans.
  11. 11
    Cool completely on wire racks.
  12. 12
    Spread frosting between layers and on top and sides of cake.

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