Recipe name:
Red Velvet Cake # 1
Recipe category:
Baked Goods
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Recipe detials:
1 c Butter 2 1/2 c Flour 1 1/2 c Sugar 2 Eggs 1 oz Red food coloring 1 ts Water 2 ts Cocoa 1 ts Salt; scant 1 ts Baking soda 1 ts Vanilla 1 c Buttermilk 1 ts Vinegar Cream butter and sugar, add eggs and beat well; add food coloring and water. Sift flour, salt, soda and cocoa together and add to creamed mixture with buttermilk and vanilla. Add vinegar (fold in lightly). Grease and flour 2 9-inch cake pans. Bake at 350F for about 30 minutes. Here's a good frosting for this cake: CREAM CHEESE FROSTING 8 oz cream cheese, at room temperature 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) butter, softened 2 c confectioneres' sugar, sifted if lumpy 1 tsp vanilla extract Combine the cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Beat well, or process until perfectly smooth and spreadable. You will have enough to fill and frost cake. |