Red velvet cake

 
                              Red Velvet Cake
 
 Recipe By     : Pots, Pans & Pioneers
 Serving Size  : 12   Preparation Time :0:45
 Categories    : Cakes
 
   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
 --------  ------------  --------------------------------
      1/2  C             Crisco®
    2                    Eggs
    1      Tbsp          Cocoa
    1      C             Butter Milk
      1/2  Tsp           Vanilla Extract
    1      Tsp           Baking Soda
    1 1/2  C             Sugar
    2      C             Swans Down® Cake Flour
    1      Tsp           Salt
    2      Oz            Red Food Coloring
      1/2  Tsp           Almond Extract
    1      Tbsp          Vinegar
                         --Red Velvet Icing--
    1      C             Milk
      1/4  C             Flour
    1      Ds            Salt
    1      Tsp           Vanilla Extract
      1/2  C             Crisco®
      1/4  Lb            Margarine
    1      C             Sugar
    1      Tsp           Almond Extract
                         Desugared Oreo® Cookies
 
 Cream Crisco, sugar and eggs.  Sift cake flour, cocoa and salt together
 3 times.  Add alternately with buttermilk to Crisco mixture.  Add food
 coloring, flavorings and soda mixed with vinegar.  Pour into greased a
 floured cake pans and bake at 350° F for 25 to 30 minutes. Test for
 doneness.  Cool.  Frost with:
 
 --RED VELVET ICING--
 
 Cook milk, flour and salt over low flame to pudding stage.  Cool in
 refrigerator.  Cream Crisco, oleo and sugar.  Add flavorings.  Add
 mixture to cooled pudding mix.  Beat until Smooth.  Add desugared,
 crumbled Oreo cookies.  Spread between layers and then ice thickly on
 the top and sides of cake.  Refrigerate until ready for special
 occasion.
 
 Source:  Pots, Pans and Pioneers II
 
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