Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Name: Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups (11¼ ounces), all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 teaspoons, baking soda; Pinch, salt; 1 cup, buttermilk; 1 tablespoon, distilled white vinegar; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 2 , large eggs; 2 tablespoons natural unsweetened, cocoa powder; 2 tablespoons, red food coloring; 12 tablespoons (1 1/2 sticks), unsalted butter, softened; 1 1/2 cups (10½ ounces), granulated sugar; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 4 cups (16 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 16 ounces, cream cheese, cut into 8 pieces, softened; 1 1/2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; Pinch, salt

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2007

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Beyond Red Velvet Cake’s shocking bright color, there’s something more—an extra-tender cake and fluffy cream cheese frosting, which we achieved by using a two unexpected ingredients: buttermilk and vinegar. They reacted with our recipe’s ba...

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