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Red Velvet Cake Recipe
Here is my recipe- warning: Addictive! Also, I am a horrible baker, and this one always turns out great for me (I make it about twice a year). Make sure you use a serrated knife to make the layers.
1/2 cup butter or margarine 1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs 2 oz red food coloring
2 T cocoa, heaping 1 cup buttermilk
2 1/4 c. cake flour 1 tsp vanilla (pure, not imitation)
1 tsp salt 1 tsp baking soda
1 T vineagar
Frosting:
3 T flour 1 c. milk
1 c. sugar 1 tsp vanilla
1 c. butter or margarine
Cream butter or margarine with sugar, add eggs and vanilla. Make paste of coca and food coloring and add to creamed mixture. Add buttermilk alternately with sifted cake flour and salt. Blend baking soda and vinegar separately from cake mixture and then add to cake mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 24 to 30 mins in 2 9" greased and floured cake pans. When cake has cooled, slice each layer in 2, making 4 layers, and frost. Frosting: Cook flour and milk until very thick, stirring constantly, then remove from heat and continue stirring until very cool. Cream sugar, butter or margarine and vanilla until very fluffy and blend into the cooled down flour and milk mixture. Frosting should be the consistency of heavy whipped cream. Keep cake frosted in fridge. Allow 1 hour at room temp before serving.
It sounds like a lot of work, but it is really worth it! Hope you try it!
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