This Old Fashioned Red Velvet Cake is made tender with buttermilk. It’s topped with a fluffy cooked white icing. Why mess with a classic!
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OLD FASHIONED RED VELVET CAKE
This Old Fashioned Red Velvet Cake is made tender with buttermilk. It's topped with a fluffy cooked white icing. Why mess with a classic!
Ingredients
- 2 TB red food coloring
- 3 TB cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 c. butter, softened
- 1 c. sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 c. buttermilk
- 1 1/2 tsp. white vinegar
- 2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
Frosting:
- 3 TB all-purpose flour
- 1 c. buttermilk
- 1 c. butter, softened
- 1 c. sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees; lightly grease and flour 2, 9-inch cake pans.
- In a small bowl, combine food coloring and cocoa to form a paste; set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add eggs, vanilla, buttermilk and vinegar.
- Stir in cocoa mixture.
- Add flour, salt and baking soda. Divide mixture between prepared pans.
- Bake 25-28 minutes; until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Cool completely before frosting.
- Frosting: In a saucepan, combine flour and buttermilk until slightly thickened.
- Cool completely.
- In a mixing bowl, cream together butter and sugar.
- Add extract and flour mixture. Spread onto cooled cake.
How To Serve:
- Serves 12.
Notes
1 TB of white vinegar plus enough milk to equal 1 cup of milk can be substituted to 1 cup of buttermilk.
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