Red Velvet Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup crisco
• 2 (1 ounce) bottles red food coloring
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 whole eggs
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 tablespoon cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 cup sweet milk
• 1/2 cup oleo
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup crisco
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 drop red food coloring
• 1 cup sugar

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 cream together crisco, sugar, food coloring, and salt.
• 3 add vanilla and eggs and cream well.
• 4 sift and measure cake flour.
• 5 add cocoa and salt, and sift 3 times.
• 6 add to mix alternately with buttermilk. beat well.
• 7 fold in soda that is dissolved in vinegar. makes 2 layers or 3 thin layers.
• 8 grease and flour pans and bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 35 minutes.
• 9 icing:.
• 10 cook flour and milk to pudding stage.
• 11 stir constantly, and then set off to cool. cream oleo, vanilla, crisco, and salt.
• 12 add sugar and cream well.
• 13 add to pudding and beat well until fluffy. (it will look like whipped cream).
• 14 for pink icing, add a few drops of red food coloring.