RED VELVET CAKE (NYT)

Red Velvet Cake (NYT) image

Number Of Ingredients 11

1/2 cup Butter
3 tablespoons Cocoa Powder
1 1/2 cups Sugar
2 Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla
2 tablespoons Red Food Coloring
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
2 1/2 cups Flour
1 cup Buttermilk/Lactaid w/ 1tbps lemon juice
1 tablespoon Vinegar

Steps:

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare 2 round cake pans with butter and dusting of cocoa powder.
Cream butter and sugar together. Add eggs one at a time and beat vigorously until each is incorporated. Mix in vanilla
In a separate bowl, make a paste of the 2TBSP Cocoa and the food coloring. Blend into butter mixture.
Combine dry ingredients (sift). Alternating with the buttermilk, add to the batter. In the last batch of buttermilk, add the vinegar then add to the batter. Mix until blended.
Divide among the cake pans (can be made into 3 pans as well). Bake 25min. Cool completely on rack.