Red Velvet Cake

This is my favorite red velvet cake recipe. It's very moist and delicious. I found that using cake flour really makes a difference in the texture of the cake. This recipe can also be used as cupcakes, of course.

2 1/2 cups cake flour
3 Tbsp baking cocoa
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1 cup butter (not margarine)

1 1/2 cups sugar

2 eggs
1 ounce red food coloring
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla

Sift together cake flour, baking cocoa, salt, and baking soda.

Place butter and sugar in a bowl and beat at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. With mixer on low, add red food coloring (be careful not to splash it, as it stains almost everything). Add Vanilla.

Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk in two batches. Scrape bowl and mix just enough to combine.

Pour batter into greased pan. Bake for 30 min or until toothpick inserted comes out with a few crumbs clinging to it.