Title: Original red velvet cake & frosting
 Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
MMMMM----------------------------CAKE---------------------------------
    1/2 c  Butter
  1 1/2 c  Sugar
      2    Eggs
      2 tb Cocoa
      2 oz Red food coloring
      1 ts Vanilla
      1 ts Salt
      1 c  Buttermilk
      2 c  Flour
      1 tb Vinegar
      1 ts Baking soda

MMMMM--------------------------FROSTING-------------------------------
      1 c  Milk
      5 tb Flour
      1 c  Butter
      1 c  Sugar
      1 ts Vanilla
 
  CAKE: Cream together butter, sugar and eggs.  Make a paste of cocoa
  and food coloring.  Add the paste to the creamed mixture. Mix salt
  and vanilla in buttermilk and add alternately with the flour. Mix
  soda and vinegar separately, add last, folding in.  DO NOT BEAT after
  adding soda mixture. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
  
  ICING: Boil together milk and flour until thickened. Let stand until
  cool. Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla. Add milk and flour
  mix and beat very well. (The longer you beat it the better it gets.)