Recipe - Red Velvet Cake

1 One half cup Sugar
1 cup Butter
3 Eggs
1 tablespoon Butter extract
2 ounce Red food coloring
2 One half cup Cake flour
2 tablespoon Cocoa
1 cup Buttermilk
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Vinegar

Recipe by: Shirley Edmund From: Jackie Bordelon jbord@premier.net

Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 19:20:49 0500

Cream butter and sugar until very light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a
time, beating well after each addition. Then add both extract and
coloring. Mix flour and cocoa, be sure all cocoa lumps are mashed; then
add this to the butter mixture. Stir real well; add buttermilk, again
mixing well. Combine soda and vinegar in a small cup and pour over batter
mixture; mix real well. Pour in pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
Let cake cook completely before frosting.

Posted to Master Cook Recipes List, Digest #96