Cream sugar and oil, to that add eggs one at a time and beat well. Sift dry ingredients all together, twice,then add vinegar and food coloring to sugar mixture and mix well. Add dry ingredients alternating with buttermilk mixing after each addition. Mix well. Add vanilla. Beat well. Bake @ 350* for 30-35 minutes. This will give you several layers depending how large your pans are.
Frosting
1 stick real Cow's butter
1 8 oz. cream cheese
l box powdered sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
1 Tablespoon cocoa
l teaspoon vanilla
Cream butter and cheese add vanilla. Sift sugar and cocoa and mix with cheese mixture, add pecans and mix again. Spread on cooled cake.
I get 4, 9 inch layers.

I hope you like this recipe from an old Southern Cook. I am sorry if it is a repeat. I have seen Red Velvet Cake Recipes before but not any that use these particular ingredients. Just wanted to share:)

Thanks so much for sharing, can't wait to try it.

Brenda

Red Velvet Cake Frosting

6 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups milk
1 1/2 cups softened butter (no subs!)
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix flour and milk in saucepan. Stirring constantly, cook until very thick, like paste. Cool completely (at least 2 hours - important!) Cream butter, sugar
and vanilla until fluffy. Add to cooled mixture and beat until light and fluffy.
Use to assemble and frost cake.

Here is a much easier frosting recipe that is very, very similar in taste and texture. The finished color is yellow, so won't look as nice on the red cake, but works for other cakes.

Creamy Frosting
1 cup butter, margerine, or butter flavored crisco
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup milk
1 3.5 oz. pkg instant vanilla pudding
Beat butter and sugar till creamy
In a small bowl, whisk milk and pudding mix till
it begins to thicken. Add to butter mixture and beat
at high speed about 5 minutes. (I use the crisco if the cake has to sit out any lenght of time during warm weather. Also, don't try this with chocolate pudding...it finishes up looking curdled)