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    • Red Velvet Cake #04

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    Eggs, Dairy Cake 16 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    1/2 c Crisco
    1 1/2 c Sugar
    2 Eggs
    2 tb Cocoa
    1 ts Vanilla
    2 oz Red food coloring
    2 1/2 c Cake flour
    1 ts Salt
    1 c Buttermilk
    1 ts Soda
    1 tb Vinegar
    1 c Milk
    3 tb Flour
    1 c Butter
    1 c White sugar

    INSTRUCTIONS

    ICING
From: James Wilson <jwilson@bach.udel.edu>
Date: 23 Mar 1994 21:18:11 -0500
Here's my mother's recipe for Red Velvet Cake: Cream together 1/2 c. Crisco
and 1 1/2 c. sugar.  Add 2 eggs, 2 T. cocoa, 1 tsp. vanilla, 2 oz. red food
coloring.  Sift together 2 1/2 c. cake flour, 1 tsp. salt.  Mix 1 c.
buttermilk with first mixture.  Beat well.  Fold in 1 tsp. soda and 1 T.
vinegar.  Bake at 375 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes.
Icing: cook together 1 c. milk & 3 T. flour; cool.  Cream 1 c. butter & 1
c. white sugar. Add to milk and flour mixture and beat.
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