Ingredients
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Cake
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda + powder
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ½ cups buttermilk (room temp)
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs (room temp)
- 1 tsp vinegar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp red food coloring
- Melted butter (for pans)
Frosting
- 1 lb cream cheese (room temp)
- 8 oz butter (room temp)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and line two 8-inch round cake pans.
- Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and powder in a bowl. Add sugar and salt, whisk again.
- In another bowl, whisk buttermilk, oil, eggs, vinegar, vanilla, and food coloring.
- Gradually add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, whisk until smooth.
- Divide batter evenly between pans and bake 35 minutes (or until toothpick comes out clean).
- Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Frosting: Beat cream cheese and butter until creamy. Add vanilla and mix. Gradually add powdered sugar until fluffy.
- Frost one cake layer, top with the other layer, and frost the sides and top. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes before serving.
- Prep Time: 30
- Cook Time: 35
- Category: Desserts
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 10
- Calories: 680kcal
- Sugar: 51g
- Sodium: 481mg
- Fat: 39g
- Saturated Fat: 23g
- Carbohydrates: 77g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 9g
- Cholesterol: 135mg