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
-ICING-
1 c Milk
3 tb Flour
1 c Butter
1 c White sugar
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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Yields
16 Servings