Red Velvet Cake

Recipe Ingredients

1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Butter
1		Margarine
1 1/2 cups	297g / 10oz	Sugar
3		Eggs
1 oz	28g	Red food coloring
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
2 1/2 cups	156g / 5.5oz	Cake flour
1/4 teaspoon	1.3ml	Baking powder
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt
1 teaspoon	5ml	Cocoa
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking soda
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vinegar
1 cup	237ml	Buttermilk
		ICING:
8 oz	227g	Cream cheese
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Butter
1 teaspoon	5ml	Vanilla
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Powdered sugar
3/4 cup	69g / 2.4oz	Coconut (tinted with food coloring)

Recipe Instructions

Beat 1 stick butter and 1 stick margarine, then mix in 1 1/2 cup sugar and 3 eggs. Add 1 ounce red food coloring and 1 teaspoon of vanilla. Mix.

Mix together 2 1/2 cups of cake flour, 1/4 teas. baking powder, 1 teas.

salt and 1 teas. cocoa. Add that to the mix. Stir 1 teas. baking soda and 1 teas. vinegar into 1 cup buttermilk. Add that to the shortening blend.

Bake in greased, lightly floured cake pans (2) at 350F for about 15-20 minutes, until done.

For icing: Beat together cream cheese and 1/2 cup butter. Add vanilla and powdered sugar. After the cake is iced, sprinkle with 3/4 cup of coconut tinted with food coloring.

Source:
Virginian-Pilot

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