Recipe - Original Red Velvet Cake And Frosting

CAKE
One half cup Butter
1 One half cup Sugar
2 Eggs
2 tablespoon Cocoa
2 ounce Red food coloring
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 teaspoon Salt
1 cup Buttermilk
2 cup Flour
1 tablespoon Vinegar
1 teaspoon Baking soda

FROSTING
1 cup Milk
5 tablespoon Flour
1 cup Butter
1 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla

CAKE: Cream together butter, sugar and eggs. Make a paste of cocoa and
food coloring. Add the paste to the creamed mixture. Mix salt and vanilla
in buttermilk and add alternately with the flour. Mix soda and vinegar
separately, add last, folding in. DO NOT BEAT after adding soda mixture.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

ICING: Boil together milk and flour until thickened. Let stand until cool.
Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla. Add milk and flour mix and beat
very well. (The longer you beat it the better it gets.)

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