Kek Baldu Merah (Red Velvet Cake)

Red velvet cake with cream cheese icing

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine , softened
• 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon Red-Red Icing Color
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoons white vinegar
• Cream Cheese Icing


Instructions
Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray 2- 9 in. pans with vegetable pan spray.
In a medium bowl, stir together flour, cocoa and salt; set aside.
In large bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs and red icing color; mix well. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk to butter mixture, beating until well blended.
Stir baking soda into vinegar and fold carefully into batter. Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
To Ice: Spread a thin layer of cream cheese icing on bottom cake layer. Top with remaining layer and spatula ice cake fluffy.

CREAM CHEESE ICING
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
• 2 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese , softened
• 8 cups confectioners' sugar (about 2 lbs.)
• 1 tablespoon milk

Nota: cake ini akan lebih sedap jika disimpan didalm peti sejuk selama 3hari sebelum di makan.