Red velvet cake

Martha Stewart Recipe

Prep

• Preheat Oven to 350
• Butter and flour two cake pans, add parchment round to bottom, lightly spray with Pam

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups cake flour, not self-rising
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups canola oil
• 2 large eggs
• 1/4 cup red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 teaspoons white vinegar

Process

• Whisk flour, salt, cocoa
• In mixer, combine sugar and oil
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well on medium
• add food coloring and vanilla
• Turn mixer down and add flour mixture, alternating with buttermilk, scraping as needed
• Combine baking soda + vinegar in small bowl, stir, add to cake batter and stir 10 seconds

• Put in cake pans and bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick is not quite clean
• Cool on rack in pans 5 minutes
• Turn out on to rack, cool completely

Frosting

Needs at least 24 oz butter and cheese total. Cream_cheese_frosting