Perfect Red Velvet Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 3 (1 ounce) bottles red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted
• 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 3 cream together margarine and sugar.
• 4 add eggs one at a time, beating well each time.
• 5 mix cocoa and food color until cocoa is dissolved in food color. then mix with above.
• 6 add flavoring and mix.
• 7 mix soda and buttermilk.
• 8 add flour and milk alternately, beginning and ending with flour. mix well but do not overbeat, as cake will be tough.
• 9 pour into two greased and floured 9-inch pans and bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes. cool and frost.
• 10 for three layer cake, use three 8″ pans and cook for 20min.
• 11 frosting:.
• 12 in a medium bowl, cream together the cold cream cheeses and butter until creamy.
• 13 mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioners’ sugar. store in the refrigerator after use.