Betty Sterner's Red Velvet Cake and Icing
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Yields:
-
1 9 x 13 inch pan
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
-
FOR THE CAKE
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 cup Crisco
- 2 eggs
- 2 ounces red food coloring
- 2 tablespoons cocoa (heaping, Hershey's)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1 cup buttermilk
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FOR THE ICING
- 5 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 lb butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare a 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan.
- Cream together the sugar and the Crisco.
- Add the eggs to this and mix well.
- Slowly add in the red food coloring, cocoa, salt and vanilla.
- Dissolve the baking soda in the vinegar.
- Add to the above mixture and beat well.
- Alternate the additions of the sifted flour and buttermilk.
- Bake for approximately 35 minutes.
- TO MAKE THE ICING:.
- While the cake is baking, on the stove, cook the flour and milk until stiff.
- Set aside until it cools.
- Cream the sugar, butter and vanilla well.
- Add to the cooked flour and milk and beat for 15 minutes.
- When you are done with the cake, it should be kept in the refrigerator.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
senseicheryl
Ocean View, New Jersey