Thread: Red Velvet Cake

Cake Ingredients:

2 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon cocoa
2 ounces red food coloring
2 sticks butter
2-1/2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon vinegar




Icing Ingredients:

1 stick butter
1 package (8-ounce) cream cheese
1 box powdered sugar
1 cup pecans, chopped



Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat eggs; add sugar. Mix cocoa and food coloring. Add butter and egg mixture; mix well. Sift together flour and salt. Add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. Blend in vanilla. In a small bowl, combine soda and vinegar and add to mixture. Pour into three 9-inch round greased and floured pans. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tests done.

Icing: Soften butter and cheese and cream together with sugar; fold in pecans. Spread between layers and top and sides of cooled cake