Red velvet cake and red cake icing

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Shortening
1½ cup Sugar
2 Eggs
¼ cup (2 oz.) red food color
1 cup Buttermilk
2¼ cup Flour
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 tablespoons Cocoa
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 tablespoon Vinegar
5 tablespoons Flour
1 cup Milk
1 cup Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 cup Butter -- softened

Directions

RED CAKE ICING

Heat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9" cake pans. Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and continue beating hard. Make a paste of food coloring and cocoa, add to mixture and continue to beat hard. Add salt and flour alternately with buttermilk. Add vanilla and beat hard. Add vinegar to soda, then BLEND into mixture (don't beat). Pour into greased and floured cake pans and bake 20 - 30 minutes.

RED CAKE ICING: Cook flour and milk until extremely thick. Cool.

Meanwhile, cream sugar, butter, and vanilla until fluffy. When flour and milk mixture has cooled, add to creamed ingredients and beat until smooth.

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From: Marjorie Scofield Date: 05-27-95 (159) Fido: Cooking

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