Red Velvet Bundt Cake

   I've made this bundt many times. This is always a hit with my friends and family. This bundt cake is rich in color and taste!  Perfect for serving up to your favorite Valentine too.
    I prefer to pipe on my cream cheese frosting but, even a decadent white chocolate drizzle works too!  Red Velvet cake is moist, rich, delicious and sure to leave you smiling.
~Enjoy! Diane 

Red Velvet Bundt Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting 
 
Ingredients:

Cake
2 1/2 Cups Flour
1 3/4 Cups Sugar
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
3/4 teaspoon Salt
2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
1 1/4 Cup Vegetable or Canola Oil  
1 Cup Buttermilk
2 Large Eggs, (room temperature)
2 Tablespoons Red Food Coloring
1 teaspoon Distilled White Vinegar
2 teaspoons Vanilla

Frosting
4 Ounces Butter, Softened
8 Ounces Cream Cheese, Softened
2 Cups Confectioners' (powdered) Sugar
1 Teaspoon Vanilla

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray. (I prefer "Pam with Flour for Baking")  
• In a medium mixing bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cocoa.  Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, add oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegar and vanilla. Using an electric mixer, beat on medium, for 1 minute.  Turn mixer to low and add flour mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time, and mix until each addition is just combined.
• Pour batter into prepared bundt pan and bake in preheated oven 40-55 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick comes out with just a few moist crumbs.  Cool completely before frosting.
• Meanwhile make the frosting; In a medium mixing bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and cream cheese until just smooth and combined.  Turn the mixer on low and add the confectioners' sugar slowly until frosting is smooth.  Stir in vanilla.
• Spread or pipe frosting over completely cooled cake. (I place my frosting into a quart baggie, snip one corner and pipe frosting over cake - then fill center of bundt with remaining frosting) 

Recipe Adapted from: Kiss my Bundt
Photos by: Diane Baker for Canning and Cooking at Home ​