Perfect Red Velvet Cake
A dense chocolate cake is layered with cream cheese frosting. What could be better? Do not let the the layers intimidate you; this is a wonderful cake and it shouldn’t be missed. From copykat.com.
INGREDIENTS
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- 1⁄2cup butter
- 1 1⁄2cups sugar
- 2
- 2tablespoons cocoa
- 3(1 ounce) bottles red food coloring
- 1teaspoon vanilla flavoring
- 1teaspoon baking soda
- 1cup buttermilk
- 2 1⁄2
Frosting
- 2(8 ounce) packages cream cheese
- 1⁄2
- 2
- 1teaspoon vanilla extract
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DIRECTIONS
- Cake:.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cream together margarine and sugar.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well each time.
- Mix cocoa and food color until cocoa is dissolved in food color. Then mix with above.
- Add flavoring and mix.
- Mix soda and buttermilk.
- Add flour and milk alternately, beginning and ending with flour. Mix well but do not overbeat, as cake will be tough.
- Pour into two greased and floured 9-inch pans and bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 25-30 minutes. Cool and frost.
- For three layer cake, use three 8″ pans and cook for 20min.
- Frosting:.
- In a medium bowl, cream together the cold cream cheeses and butter until creamy.
- Mix in the vanilla, then gradually stir in the confectioners’ sugar. Store in the refrigerator after use.
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