Royal Red Velvet Cake Recipe

                                           
INGREDIENTS:
2 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 teaspoon cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup oil
1 cup buttermilk
2 ounces red food coloring
1 teaspoon vanilla

Method:
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place all dry ingredients (flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt) in a large bowl. Mix them together and then set the bowl aside.
2) Blend eggs with a fork in a separate bowl. Add the oil and blend it again. Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and mix with a wire whisk until smooth.
3) Add the red food coloring to the buttermilk and then blend in the buttermilk.
4) Pour the batter equally into three greased and floured 8" cake pans. One trick I learned making cakes is when greasing and flouring my cake pans is to substitute the usual starchy flour for confectioners' sugar instead. It doesn't leave that white powder on the bottom of your cakes and gives them a slightly sweeter flavor.
5) Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Cool ten minutes and remove from pans to wire cooling racks.
Frost cake when completely cooled.
Icing 
1/2 stick butter, softened
8 ounces cream cheese, softened
16 ounce box of confectioner's sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ chopped pecans, optional
1) Mix all of the ingredients either using an electric mixer (my favorite for this kind of stuff is my KitchenAid Hand Mixer). The frosting should have little peaks around the time when it is done. Once the cake is completely cooled, add frosting to the cooled cake.

I hope you enjoy !