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Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cake
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Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup shortening
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 tsp butter flavor
  • 2 1/2 oz. bottles red food color
  • 3 (level) TBSP Cocoa
  • 2 1/2 cups flour (minus 5 TBSP)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp soda
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 TBLSP vinegar
  • No Cook Icing:
  • 1 lb. sifted Powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup margarine
  • 1 TBSP. vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp. Butter Flavoring
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 5 TBSP. milk (approx.)

Instructions
 

  • Cream shortening, add sugar gradually and cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating vigorously after each addition. Add flavors. Make a paste of cocoa and food coloring and blend in. Mix dry ingredients together and add alternately with buttermilk. Add vinegar with last half of buttermilk. Beat only until smooth. Bake in 3 greased and floured 8 or 9 inch pans for 20-25 mintes at 350 degrees, or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 mintes, remove from pans and cool complete.
  • Icing: Blend 1/2 of powdered sugar with well margarine, flavors and salt. Alternately add rest of sugar and enough milk to have a smooth spreading icing.