Recipe(tried): Original Red Velvet Cake and Frosting (cooked frosting using flour)

ORIGINAL RED VELVET CAKE

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
2 oz red food coloring
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 teaspoon baking soda
Frosting (recipe follows)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2 (8-or 9-inch) layer cake pans.

Cream together butter, sugar and eggs; set aside.

Make a paste of cocoa powder and food coloring. Add the paste to the creamed mixture; set aside.

Mix together buttermilk, vanilla and salt. Add alternately with the flour to the butter mixture.

Mix baking soda and vinegar together, add last the batter, folding in. DO NOT BEAT after adding soda mixture. Pour into prepared pans.

Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

FROSTING

1 cup milk
5 tablespoons flour
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Boil milk and flour together until thickened. Let stand until cool.

Cream butter, sugar and vanilla together. Add milk and flour mix and beat very well (the longer you beat it the better it gets.)

Makes 1 (2-layer) cake