Red Velvet cake with cream cheese icing

Red Velvet cake with cream cheese icing

DRY ingredients:

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 Tbsp cocoa powder

1/2 Tsp salt

~~ Mix the above together

WET ingredients:

1/2 cup butter - soft room temperature

2 Cups sugar

~~ Mix with a mixer until combined then add

1 cup canola/vegetable oil

4 egg YOLKs

1 Tbsp vanilla Essence

1 Tsp white vinegar

Alternate combining dry ingredients to wet ingredients with 

1 cup buttermilk

(Dry ingredient, mix, then some buttermilk and mix until all combined

~~ Mix well then combine

Red food colouring (1 - 2 tsp)

4 Egg WHITEs and mix until stiff

~~ Fold in egg whites with the cake mixture

Bake at 350 for 40 minutes (test with a toothpick)

Cream Cheese icing

I trim the cake before icing and I do this when it is cold.

16 ounces cream cheese
1/2 cup butter
~~ Mix well

4 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1 Tbsp almond milk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Pince of salt

~~ Mix to the above