Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

By sillymom

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 3/4 cup canola oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 Tbsp distilled white vinegar
• 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 1 bottle (1oz) red food coloring
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/3 cups lowfat buttermilk
• Frosting:
• 1 pkg (8oz) cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Prepare Cake:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray three 8-inch round cake pans with baking spray.
2. Combine oil and sugar in a large mixing bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed. Blend in vinegar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until well blended after each addition. Add red food coloring; beat until combined.
3. Combine flour, cocoa powder and baking soda in a medium bowl. Add to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk. Beat on low speed until blended after each addition.
4. Pour batter evenly into prepared pans and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick insered in centers comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans on wire racks for 5 minutes. Remove cakes from pans; cool completely on wire racks.
Prepare Frosting:
1. Place cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed 1 to 2 minutes or until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar and vanilla; blend until smooth.
Assemble cake:
1. Place one cake layer onto cake plate. Spread with some of the frosting. Place the other layers over the first with more frosting between each layer. Frost the top and sides of the cake with remaing frosting.
2. Serve and enjoy