Ultra Red Velvet Cake
By: Jo Ann
Published: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 - 6:50pm

Ingredients




Ingredients:
3 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/4 cups sugar
 cup plus 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 large eggs, lightly beaten
2 1/4 cups vegetable oil
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 1/2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 (1-ounce) bottle red food coloring
1 recipe Cream-Cheese Icing (recipe follows) (I used my Whipped Cream Frosting ins

Preparation

1 Directions: 2 Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour 3 (8-inch) cake pans. 3 In a mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. 4 Add eggs, oil, buttermilk, vinegar, vanilla extract, and red food coloring; beat at medium speed with electric mixer until combined. 5 Divide batter evenly among prepared cake pans. 6 Bake 35 minutes, or until a tester inserted near center comes out clean. 7 Let cool in pan 10 minutes. Remove cakes from pan, and cool completely on wire racks. 8 Spread Cream Cheese Icing between the layers and on sides and top of cake. Garnish with any additional crumb, if desired. 9 Ingredients for Cream Cheese Icing: 10 1/2 Cup butter, softened 11 16 Ounces cream cheese, softened 12 1 Teaspoon vanilla extract 13 2 cups confectioners' sugar 14 Directions: 15 In a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese together with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in vanilla extract. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, until desired consistency is reached.