Original Red Velvet Cake & Frosting

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Title: Original Red Velvet Cake & Frosting
Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
Yield: 8 servings

Cake:
1/2 c Butter
1 1/2 c Sugar
2 Eggs
2 tb Cocoa
2 oz Red food coloring
1 ts Vanilla
1 ts Salt
1 c Buttermilk
2 c Flour
1 tb Vinegar
1 ts Baking soda
Frosting:
1 c Milk
5 tb Flour
1 c Butter
1 c Sugar
1 ts Vanilla

CAKE: Cream together butter, sugar and eggs. Make a paste
of cocoa and food coloring. Add the paste to the creamed
mixture. Mix salt and vanilla in buttermilk and add
a;ternately with the flour. Mix soda and vinegar
separately, add last, folding in. DO NOT BEAT after adding
soda mixture. Bake at 350~ for 30 minutes.
ICING: Boil together milk and flour until thickened. Let
stand until cool. Cream together butter, sugar amd vanilla.
Add milk and flour mix and beat very well. (The longer you
beat it the better it gets)

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