Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cake

Ingredients: 2 cups Flour 1-1/2 cups Sugar 2 tablespoons Cocoa 1 teaspoon Salt ½ cup Crisco 1 ounce Red food coloring 1 teaspoon Vanilla 1 cup Buttermilk (or milk with a teaspoon vinegar) 2 Eggs 1 teaspoon Vinegar 1 teaspoon Baking soda

Instructions: Sift flour, sugar, cocoa and salt together. Add Crisco, food color, vanilla and 2/3 cup of the buttermilk. Beat well. Add eggs, remaining buttermilk. Beat 1 minute. Mix vinegar and soda and add to cake mixture by hand. Bake at 350º for 25-30 minutes in 2 round greased and floured cake pans. Red Velvet Icing: Part 1: Blend 1-cup milk in ¼ cup sifted flour and cook until thick. Add a pinch of salt and set aside to cool. Part 2: Cream 1-cup sugar, 1 cup Crisco and 1-tablespoon vanilla. Add Part 2 to Part 1 and beat at high speed until fluffy.