Red Velvet Cake

Total Time: 49 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 39 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon butter flavoring
• 1 (1 ounce) bottle red food coloring, optional
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 2 tablespoons baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 1/2 cups butter or 1 1/2 cups margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 teaspoons butter flavoring

Recipe

• 1 in large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
• 2 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 3 beat in vanilla, butter flavoring and food coloring.
• 4 combine flour, cocoa and soda.
• 5 combine buttermilk and vinegar.
• 6 add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture to creamed mixture.
• 7 pour into three greased and floured 9-inch round cake pans.
• 8 bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 9 cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 10 for frosting, whisk together milk and flour in saucepan.
• 11 cook, stirring constantly, until thick, about 5 minutes.
• 12 cover and cool.
• 13 in a mixing bowl, cream butter.
• 14 gradually add sugar; beat well.
• 15 gradually add cooled milk mixture and beat until very light, about 4 minutes.
• 16 add vanilla and butter flavoring; beat well.
• 17 frost cooled cake.