Best Ever Homemade Red Velvet Cake!
 
 
This rich, moist, flavorful homemade red velvet cake is perfectly paired with a delicious cream cheese frosting! And it makes for a fantastic birthday cake!
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Ingredients
  • 2½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups of sugar
  • 1 tablespoon cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 1½ cups vegetable oil
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tablespoon white vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 oz. red food coloring
Cream cheese frosting
  • 8 oz. of cream cheese (room temperature)
  • 1 cup of butter (room temperature)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 6 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350°.
  2. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
  3. Lightly scramble the eggs in a medium bowl using a whisk. Add in the remaining liquid ingredients and stir together until blended.
  4. Place all of the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and stir together with a whisk. Add in half of the wet ingredients, and mix. Then repeat with remaining wet ingredients.
  5. Divide the batter evenly into the cake pans. Drop the pans on the counter a few times to release any air bubbles.
  6. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until the toothpick inserted comes out clean.
  7. Allow the cakes to cool for 30 minutes before frosting.
  8. Sift the powdered sugar and set aside. In your mixing bowl beat together the cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add in the vanilla and then in batches add the powdered sugar. Beat until fluffy and ready to spread.
Recipe by MomOf6 at https://www.momof6.com/food-kids-will-eat/best-ever-red-velvet-cake/