Red Velvet Cake
By: Lady Catherine ...
Published: Monday, October 10, 2011 - 6:45am

Ingredients




For red velvet cake you will need:
½ cup unsalted butter
1½ cups sugar
2 eggs
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon red coloring
2 tablespoons water
2½ cups sifted cake flour
1½ baking powder
1 cup buttermilk (or 1 tablespoon vinegar combined with 1 cup sweet milk)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon vinegar
For cream cheese frosting you will need:
1 8oz. package of cream cheese
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

1 Cream the butter, and cream in the sugar until very light. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, then the cinnamon and vanilla. Mix the cocoa, red coloring, and water, and add to the creamed mixture. 2 Sift the flour with the baking powder and add alternately with the milk. Blend well. If using an electric mixer, turn to lowest speed when adding flour and buttermilk. 3 Dissolve the baking soda in the vinegar and fold into the cake batter very carefully. Turn into two prepared cake pans. 4 Place in a preheated oven at 350 degrees F. Bake for about 25-30 minutes or until the cake springs back when pressed lightly in the center. Let cakes cool on a rack for several minutes. In the meantime, combine all ingredients for cream cheese frosting, and frost cakes. 5 Serve & Enjoy!