Favourite Red Velvet Cake with Butter Frosting
Red Velvet Cake recipe
Yield
16 servingsPrep
30 minCook
35 minReady
120 minIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | tablespoons |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 1 ½ | ounce |
food coloring
red |
*
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| ½ | cup |
butter
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 2 | cups |
cake flour
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vinegar
|
|
| Frosting | |||
| 2 | tablespoons |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 | cup |
milk
|
|
| 1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
| ½ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 1 | cup |
margarine
not butter! |
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 43.3 | ml/g |
food coloring
red |
*
|
| 355 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 118 | ml |
butter
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 473 | ml |
cake flour
|
|
| 5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 237 | ml |
buttermilk
|
|
| 5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vinegar
|
|
| Frosting | |||
| 3E+1 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 237 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 237 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 118 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 237 | ml |
margarine
not butter! |
|
Directions
Combine cocoa and food coloring to make a paste.
Cream together butter and sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time to sugar and beat well.
Add paste, mix well.
Add vanilla.
Mix flour and salt; add to batter.
Add buttermilk to batter.
Mix baking soda and vinegar well; while foaming, pour into batter.
Grease and flour pans and bake 35 minutes in 350℉ (180℃) F.
(Use 2 or 3 round pans)
Frosting:
Cook milk and flour until thick and cool.
Cream sugar, crisco and oleo well.
Combine milk mixture with sugar mixture.
Add 2 teaspoons vanilla and beat very well.
Frost cake (layered or sheet); shave a chocolate bar on top or use cake decorations.
KEEP CAKE REFRIGERATED UNTIL SERVING.
