Pink Velvet Cake

1 Preheat the oven to 375F
2 Grease and flour 3 8- inch round baking pans
3 Bring 1/4 cup cream to a simmer and add chocolate. Remove from heat and stir until melted. Set aside
4 Sift dry ingredients together
5 Beat butter until fluffy. Add sugar slowly, beating well
6 Add eggs, one at a time
7 Add extracts and coloring and beat until well blended
8 Add the flour mixture in thirds, alternating with the half and half
9 Stir in the melted chocolate mixture
10 Divide between pans and bake for 30 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean
11 Cool in pans for 10 minutes and then turn out of the pans to finish cooling
12 Frost with cream cheese buttercream