A delicious treat

A truly delicious and decadent treat, Red Velvet Cake. I first made this for my younger sister's birthday in January. I have made it a couple of times since and it has been a big hit. It is dead easy and I promise you will enjoy it.

Red Velvet Cake

1/2 cup unsalted butter
2 eggs
1tsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
2Tsp cocoa
1 1/2 cups sugar
50g red food colouring (you can add as little or as much as you like, or not at all!)
1 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
1tsp baking soda sprinkled over 1Tsp vinegar

Cream Cheese frosting

8oz cream cheese - softened to room temperature
3cups icing sugar
1tsp pure vanilla extract

For the cake:
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Sift flour, slat and cocoa together. Add alternately with buttermilk. Beat after each addition until combined. Stir in baking soda nnd vinegar mixture, with red colouring. Pour into 2 x 20cm well greased and lined cake tins.

Bake 30mins in a moderate oven. Cool and frost with cream cheese frosting

For the cream cheese frosting:
Beat cream cheese and butter until light and fluffy (about 2mins). Add vanilla and icing sugar. Beat, on low, to combine. If too soft chill until slightly stiff (about 10mins).

Do a crumb layer (this is an initial layer to seal in any crumbs), fridge for about 15mins until set, then continue to frost the entire cake