Amazing Red Velvet Cake With Frosting
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
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1 two layer cake
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
- 1⁄2 cup white shortening
- 1 1⁄2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 ounces red food coloring
- 2 1⁄4 cups sifted flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk (or soymilk with a tbsp of vinegar in it left to sit for 5 minutes)
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Frosting
- 1 cup milk
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup butter
directions
- Mix vinegar and baking soda in a small dish and set aside.
- Cream sugar, shortening and eggs until very fluffy.
- Mix cocoa and food coloring in a small cup to form a paste, then add that to the creamed mixture.
- Add buttermilk and salt alternately with with flour.
- Add vanilla and vinegar-baking soda mix.
- Beat thoroughly after every addition.
- Pour into two 8 or 9 inch round pans that are greased and floured.
- Bake 30 minutes at 350°F.
- TO FROST: In a small sauce pan cook together your milk and flour, stirring constantly until thick.
- Let cool, then add vanilla and mix well.
- Cream the butter and sugar in a separate bowl, then gradually add the flour mix.
- Whip until fluffy.
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Reviews
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Made this cake on a whim today. It's been forever since I've had red velvet cake, maybe too long; I don't remember them tasting like this. The cake was good, especially the frosting, but the taste of the cake seemed to be missing something. Recipe was made as directed. Maybe it was just me, the other four people in the house scarfed down a piece with no complaints (3 of them being picky adolescent boys). I will make this again, to make sure I just didn't mess something up.
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I'm currently attending Baking and Pastry school at Yorktowne Buisness Institute. My family has all sorts of fat and cholestorol restrictions so i enjoy many differnet types of baking.