RED VELVET CAKE
List of Ingredients
1/2 cup shortening
1 1.2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tbsp. cocoa
4 tbsp. red coloring
1 tsp. salt
2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tbsp. vinegar
Recipe
Cream shortening thoroughly. Add sugar gradually, and blend until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Make paste of cocoa, food coloring and salt. Add to shortening mixture. Mix vanilla with buttermilk. Dissolve baking soda in vinegar, fold into buttermilk mixture. Add flour and buttermilk mixture alternately to shortening mixture, beginning
and ending with flour. Blend thoroughly until batter is smooth Do not over beat. Pour into well greased and floured 13 x 9 inch pan.
Bake at 350 °. for 35 to 40 minutes or until done when tested with a toothpick. Cool and frost.
Rich frosting
3 to 5 tbsp. flour
1 cup milk
1 cup butter or margarine
1 cup icing sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
Make paste of flour and part of milk. Add remainder of milk gradually, and mix until smooth. Cook over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes or until thick. Remove from heat and cool completely (the butter must
not melt when added). Cream butter with sugar, adding vanilla and blending until smooth. Add to cooled flour mixture 1 tsp. at a time, beating until fluffy.
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