Ravishing Red Velvet Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Cake:
    1/2 cup shortening
    1 1/2 cups white sugar
    2 eggs, room temperature
    1 teaspoon butter flavored extract
    4 tablespoons red food coloring
    2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
    1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
    1 teaspoon salt
    2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
    1 tablespoon white vinegar
    1 teaspoon baking soda
    Cream Cheese Frosting:
    1/2 cup butter, room temperature
    1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
    4 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round pans.
    Beat shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing until fully incorporated. Stir in butter flavoring. Make a paste with food coloring and cocoa and add to the shortening mixture.
    Mix buttermilk, salt, baking soda and vinegar; add to batter alternating with the flour mixture.
    Divide batter into prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven until cake springs back when touched lightly with a finger or tester comes out clean, 20 to 30 minutes. Cook completely on wire rack.
    To Make Cream Cheese Frosting: beat butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix until well blended.

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