County Fair Red Velvet Cake

"This is the recipe I took to compete in the Cleveland County Fair. I won second place!"
 
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Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
16
Yields:
1 cake
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cream shortening with sugar; add eggs.
  • Combine cocoa and food coloring to make a paste.
  • Stir into creamed mixture.
  • Sift four and salt together.
  • Then with electric mixer at medium speed, add alternately with buttermilk to mixture.
  • Blend well; add vanilla.
  • Combine vinegar and soda and while still foaming, add to batter.
  • Do not beat; instead stir gently.
  • Bake in 2 greased and floured layer cake pans at 350° for 30-35 minutes.
  • Icing: Cook flour and milk over medium heat until thick, stirring constantly.
  • Cool.
  • Add sugar, butter and vanilla.
  • Beat at high speed until smooth and creamy.
  • Spread on cooled cake.
  • Icing will take a length of time to set; it resembles whip cream when cool.

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Reviews

  1. this is the most amazing cake I've found...and I've been looking for a long time! Thank you so much for sharing this!! I've been looking for a duplicate box cake recipe and this is ten times better. So incredibly moist and delightful; I can't say enough about it. I think I need help with the frosting though because it didn't come out quite right for me. Doesn't matter though, I could eat the cake plain in one sitting.
     
  2. This was very very good...I believe the moistest red velvet cake I've ever had. I remember my mom's as being very dry but this was nothing like that. My only complaint was that they did not rise as high as I would have liked...not sure if I should have used self-rising flour instead of the all purpose I did use. Wonderful result overall though, and we loved it. It tested done at 25 minutes. I also should mention that I used Splenda in the cake and a homemade "confectioner's Splenda" (3/4 c. Splenda mixed with 2 T. cornstarch--just doubled that then used a cup) for the frosting. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
     
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