Red Velvet Cake

Ingredients

Cake:

2 2/3 C cake flour

1/4 C cocoa powder *unsweetened

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 C butter, softened

1 3/4 C sugar

2 large eggs at room temp

1/2 C canola or vege oil

1, 1oz bottle liquid red food coloring

2 tsp vanilla

1 tsp vinegar

1 1/3 C buttermilk

Frosting:

12oz cream cheese, doftened

3/4 C butter, softened

3 C powdered sugar

1 1/2tsp vanilla

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 deg

2. Spray 2, 9-inch cake pans with cooking spray

3. Mix dry ingredients, set aside

4. With the paddle attachment on mixer, combine butter and sugar for 4-5 minutes. Add eggs and mix until fully incorporated. Then add oil, food coloring, vanilla, vinegar

5. Mix in dry ingredients, alternating with buttermilk in 3 separate additions. Make sure to mix until combined without overmixing.

6. Evenly distribute the batter between the 2 cake pans. Tap on counter to remove any air bubbles

7. Bake 28-32 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Remove from overn and onto a wire rack to cool the pans for 15-20 min

8. Carefully remove cakes from the pans and place on a wire rack to cool completely

9. Prepare frosting

10. Layer: cake, frosting, cake. Then top with frosting to top the entire cake