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Author: La Mia Vita Dolce

Ingredients

  • Ingredients for Cake:
  • 3 tablespoons cocoa
  • 2 and ½ cups cake flour
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 and ½ cups caster superfine sugar
  • 1 and ½ cups walnut oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons red food coloring I used the gel type
  • 1 cup buttermilk I did not have any so I took 1 cup of milk and added 1 ¾ teaspoons of cream of tartar
  • 1 and ½ teaspoons of baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons white vinegar
  • Ingredients for Frosting:
  • 1 cup and 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 3 cups confectioners icing/powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • I also added about 2 tablespoons of milk to loosen it up a bit more

Instructions

  • Directions for Cake:
  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Butter, grease or spray your pan/pans with non stick spray.
  • Sift flour, cocoa and salt into a medium bowl. Whisk until combined.
  • In a mixer whisk sugar and oil until well combined.
  • Add your eggs one at a time and whisk in between each addition.
  • Add your vanilla and food coloring and mix again.
  • Add the flour mixture and the buttermilk to the mixer alternating between them.
  • In a small bowl add your vinegar and baking soda together. Let it bubble and then stir it and add it to the mixer. Whisk for 10 seconds.
  • Pour the batter into whatever pans you want to use. I chose bundt.
  • Place in oven and bake for 25 to 35 minutes.
  • Remove and let cool.
  • Directions for Frosting:
  • In a mixer blend you butter till soft and smooth.
  • Add sugar a little at a time and keep adding and mixing till it is fluffy.
  • Add vanilla and mix again.
  • If icing is too thick add some milk to it.
  • Putting the Cake Together:
  • Place you cake on a plate.