Name: Red Velvet Cake and Icing
Ingredients: 3 tb Cocoa; 1/2 oz Red food coloring; 1 1/2 c Sugar; 1/2 c Crisco; 2 Eggs; 1 ts Vanilla; 2 c Cake flour; sifted; 1 ts Salt; 1 c Buttermilk; 1 ts Baking soda; 1 ts Vinegar; Shortening and flour; Icing; 3 tb Flour; 1 c Milk; 1 c Sugar; 1/4 c Crisco; 1/2 c Margarine; softened; 2 ts Vanilla

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy		Desserts	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	tb	Cocoa
1/2	oz	Red food coloring
1 1/2	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Crisco
2		Eggs
1	ts	Vanilla
2	c	Cake flour; sifted
1	ts	Salt
1	c	Buttermilk
1	ts	Baking soda
1	ts	Vinegar
		Shortening and flour
		Icing
3	tb	Flour
1	c	Milk
1	c	Sugar
1/4	c	Crisco
1/2	c	Margarine; softened
2	ts	Vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS

Recipe by: Maxine Stephens Preparation Time: 2:30 From: Ellen
<[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 08:07:07 -0500
PREHEAT OVEN TO 350F.  Grease and flour two 9" round cake pans
Combine cocoa and food coloring into a paste; set aside.  Cream together
sugar and Crisco.  Add eggs one at a time to sugar and beat well.  Add red
paste to sugar mixture and beat well.  Mix vanilla into sugar mixture.  In
separate bowl, combine sifted cake flour and salt; add gradually to sugar
mixture.  Add buttermilk to batter.  In small bowl or ramekin, combine
baking soda and vinegar; while foaming, pour into batter.
Pour batter into prepared pans; bake 35 minutes.  Let cool in pan 10 minute
on wire rack; then remove from pan and let cool completely on wire rack
before icing.
ICING:  Cook flour and milk until thick and cool.  Cream sugar, Crisco, and
margarine together; add to flour/milk paste.  Add vanilla and beat
thoroughly.  Frost cake; shave or grate chocolate on top of iced cake, and
keep cake refrigerated until served.
Posted to Master Cook Recipes List, Digest #96

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