Red Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons red food coloring
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cocoa
• 6 tablespoons flour
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 1/2 cups butter (not margarine)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 to make the cake:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350*.
• 3 beat oil, sugar, and eggs together until well-blended. add next 4 liquid ingredients, mixing well. add dry ingredients and beat another 2 minutes.
• 4 bake in greased bundt pan for 25-35 minutes, or until center springs back when lightly touched. (two 8 inches round cake pans may be used instead of a bundt pan, if desired, decreasing the baking time by about 5 minutes. cool completely.
• 5 to make the frosting:.
• 6 cook flour and milk over medium heat, stirring until thick and smooth.
• 7 cool in refrigerator, stirring occasionaly. meanwhile, cream butter, sugar, and vanilla together. add cooled milk mixture, beating 10-12 minutes until thick and creamy.