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This is the Red Velvet Cake my family and co-workers love.

Red Velvet Southern Style

Ingredients

  • 1 cup buttermilk
    1 teas. baking soda
    2 1/2 cups plain flour (or cake flour)
    1 1/2 cups of sugar
    1 teas. cocoa
    1/2 teas. salt
    1 1/2 cups of oil
    2 eggs
    1 teas. vinegar
    1 1 oz. bottle red food color
    1 teas. vanilla extract
    2-3 teas. lemon extract

Instructions

    Combine baking soda and buttermilk, set aside

  1. Mix flour, sugar, cocoa and salt
  2. Add oil and mix together
  3. Add eggs one at a time and mix well after each one
  4. Add vinegar and food color and mix
  5. Add buttermilk and mix
  6. Add extracts and mix
  7. Bake at 325 in aluminum pans 30-35 mins (or until toothpick comes out clean)