Larry's Favorite Red Cake

THE Red Cake

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• Cake

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1  ounce  red food coloring
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 2  teaspoons  cocoa
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  cup buttermilk
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 2 1⁄2 cups flour

• Frosting

• 2  cups milk
• 6  tablespoons flour
• 2  teaspoons vanilla
• 2  cups sugar
• 2  cups butter

Directions

1. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Add food coloring. Sift together dry ingredients. Alternate mixing buttermilk and dry ingredients into butter mixture. Bake in 2 8 inch pans at 350 until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool and split cakes to make 4 layers.
2. For frosting: Cook milk and flour over med heat until thickened, cool completely! Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla and milk/flour mixture and beat well.