Hands Down The Best Red Velvet Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups oil
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 1 (1 ounce) bottle red food coloring
• 2 teaspoons cocoa
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, room temp
• 1/2 cup butter, room temp
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 (1 lb) box confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• pecans, for decorating

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 cream together the sugar and oil.
• 3 beat in the eggs.
• 4 sift dry ingredients together.
• 5 mix cocoa, food coloring, and vinegar in a small bowl.
• 6 add to sugar mixture and mix well.
• 7 beat a small amount of the flour mixture and mix well.
• 8 add a small amount of buttermilk and mix well.
• 9 alternate each flour and buttermilk, ending with flour.
• 10 add vanilla and mix well.
• 11 pour into 3 (8-inch) cake pans that have been greased and floured.
• 12 bake 22 - 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• 13 cream the cream cheese and butter together.
• 14 add vanilla and mix well.
• 15 add the confectioner's sugar and mix until creamy.
• 16 fold in pecans.
• 17 spread over cooled cakes.