Best Valentine Recipe? Red Velvet cake of course!

If you are planning a romantic dinner on Valentine's day, we recommend one of the sweetest, most loved recipes out there! Red Velvet Cake or cupcake! Well... Pretty much red velvet in all shapes and forms!

The recipe is easier than it looks and quite fun to make at home.


Ingredients :

-1/2 cup of butter

-1 1/2 cup sugar

- 2 eggs

-2 tablespoon cocoa

-4 tablespoon red food coloring

-1 cup buttermilk

-1 teaspoon vanilla

-2 1/2 cup sifted all purpose flour

-1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda

- 1 tablespoon vinegar


Frosting ingredients :

-5 tablespoons flour

-1 cup milk

-1 cup sugar

-1 cup butter

-1 teaspoon vanilla


Preparation :

Preheat oven and grease you baking pan. Beat shortening and sugar until fluffy and add the two eggs while beating well. 
Add the cocoa and food coloring to the mixture and mix vanilla, and buttermilk. Add flour then mix soda and vinegar.

Pour your mixture unto your pan but do not mix or stir after this point. Bake for around 30 minutes and let cool.

For the frosting : cook flour and milk over low heat until the mixture becomes thick. Let it cool off completely. While it is cooling, mix sugar , butter and vanilla until it becomes fluffy. Add the now cool flour mixture and stir until it becomes ready to spread. Frost your cake and decorate.