Savannah's Perfectly Ravishing Red Velvet Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 (1 ounce) bottles red food coloring
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 pounds confectioners' sugar, or to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 40 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease and flour 2 9-inch cake pans.
• pour red food coloring into a small bowl, and mix with cocoa powder to make a paste. in a large bowl, beat 1/2 cup of butter, sugar, and eggs with an electric mixer until smooth and thoroughly combined; mix in the red color mixture, salt and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract. gradually mix in the buttermilk, alternating with flour, until the batter is smooth. mix the baking soda and vinegar in a small bowl, and stir into the batter. pour the batter into the prepared cake pans.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cake comes out clean, 25 to 35 minutes. remove from oven, and cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing cakes to finish cooling on racks.
• in a bowl, mash cream cheese with 1/2 cup softened butter and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract until smooth and creamy; stir in the confectioners' sugar, about half a cup at a time, until the frosting is thick and spreadable. frost fully-cooled layers.