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Cake-Hershey's Red Velvet Cake

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients



• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or marg. softened
• 1-1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk*
• 2 tablespoons red food color
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 can (1 lb.) ready-to-spread vanilla frosting
• HERSHEY'S MINI CHIPS Semi-Sweet Chocolate, or HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Chips (optional)




Recipe

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 13x9-inch baking pan.

2. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl; add eggs and vanilla, beating well. Stir together buttermilk and food color. Stir together flour, cocoa and salt; add alternately to butter mixture with buttermilk mixture, mixing well. Stir in baking soda and vinegar. Pour into prepared pan.

3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Frost; garnish with chocolate chips, if desired. About 15 servings.

* To sour milk: Use 1 tablespoon white vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup.