Red Velvet cake Recipe

How to make it

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• Instructions
• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Prepare three 9 inch round pans or two 9 x 13 inch square pans by coating the pans with butter and then dusting with flour.
• You should line the bottoms of the pans with parchment paper but this is not entirely necessary.
• Sift together the flour and salt.
• Using your standing mixer, set to a medium speed, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• Add the vanilla.
• Add the eggs one at a time making sure that each egg is fully incorporated before adding the next.
• Mix together the cocoa powder and the red food coloring together.
• Add the cocoa mixture to the batter.
• Reduce the mixers speed to low.
• Add half the butter milk. Wait until the buttermilk is completely incorporated.
• Add half the flour. Wait until the flour is completely incorporated.
• Add the rest of the butter milk. Wait until the buttermilk is completely incorporated.
• Add the rest of the flour.
• Mix together the baking soda and vinegar.
• Mix until well combined.
• Pour the batter into the pans.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
• Cool the cake in the pans for 15 minutes or until cool to the touch.
• Remove the cakes from the pans and continue to let them cool for at least one hour.
• Basic White Frosting Recipe
• Ingredients
• 1 ½ sticks of room temperature butter
• 2 pounds of confectioners’ sugar
• ¼ cup of milk (more might be needed)
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• [edit]Instructions
• Using your stand mixer beat butter until smooth.
• Slowly add two cups of the sugar.
• Slowly add the milk.
• Add the vanilla.
• Add the remaining sugar one cup at a time.
• Add more milk if the frosting isn’t soft enough to spread easily