Classic Southern Red Velvet Cake

This recipe for Classic Southern Red Velvet Cake is just the thing to make when you are craving a decadent Southern dessert. To make this red velvet cake recipe, traditional cake ingredients are combined with cocoa powder, buttermilk, and red food coloring. The addition of buttermilk is what helps to make this a very moist red velvet cake recipe. As if the red velvet flavor of this cake wasn't decadent enough, the cake is topped with a homemade cream cheese frosting. This recipe for Classic Southern Red Velvet Cake is sure to become one of the Southern dessert recipes that you turn to again and again.

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