Mamaw Eva’s Red Velvet Cake

This is one of the first recipes I ever made on my own. It kickstarted my love of baking and I’m thrilled to get to share it with you!

1 cup vegetable oil

1 1/2 cups sugar

Red food coloring

2eggs

2 cups flour all purpose

1 Tbs. Coco powder

1/4 tsp salt

1 cup buttermilk

1 tsp. Baking soda

1 tsp. Baking powder

1 tsp. Vanilla

Preheat oven to 350

Cream together oil sugar and coloring.

Then add the eggs and vanilla

Mix and whisk flour, powder, soda, and coco then add the dry to wet ingredients.

Finally, add the buttermilk

Bake 25 minutes at 350 until a toothpick comes out clean. I use a 9x 13 pan

Icing

1stick butter

1 block cream cheese

1 lb powdered sugar

Milk or heavy cream about 1/4 cup

Vanilla

Cream together butter and cream cheese then powdered sugar. Add milk to think until spreadable