Pam's Red Velvet Cake

½ c butter

2 T cocoa
1 tsp salt
2 ounces water
1 ½ c sugar
2 ounces red food color
1 c buttermilk
¾ tsp soda
2 eggs
2 ½ c flour
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp vinegar

Preheat oven to 350, grease and flour 2 round cake pans.  Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.  Add eggs, beat well.  Make a paste with cocoa and food coloring, add to sugar mixture and mix.  Sift flour and salt, add to batter alternately with buttermilk, vanilla and water. (I mix the buttermilk, vanilla and water together before adding alternately). Add soda, blend well.  Stir in vinegar gently, do not beat.

Pour into 2 round cake pans and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.  Cool, split layers in half, cover with frosting, put frosting between all the layers also.

Fluffy Butter Frosting

6 T flour

1 ½ c milk
1 ½ c butter softened (butter only)
1 ½ c sugar
1 ½ tsp vanilla

 Mix flour and milk in a sauce pan, cook until thick, stirring constantly.  Cool this mixture.  Cream butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy.  Add cool milk & flour mixture and beat for 10 minutes.  Spread in between and on all layers.  Store in fridge

 This recipe is time consuming to make, but it’s delicious.