Red Velvet Cake
1/2 cup crisco
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 oz red food coloring
2 heaping tablespoons cocoa
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon white vinegar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon baking soda
Cream crisco and sugar. Add eggs one at a time and beat for 30
seconds. Add cocoa and red food coloring, mix. Add flour, salt and
buttermilk, mix. Remove batter from mixer. Sprinkle with baking
soda, pour vinegar over batter and add vanilla. Stir. DO NOT BEAT -
(don't over stir - it can make the cake tough). Pour batter into 2 -
9 inch cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 min.
Butter Cream Icing
2 tablespoons cornstarch or 4 tablespoons flour
1 cup whole milk
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix cornstarch (or flour) with milk. Cook until thick, whisking the
entire time. Set aside to cool. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add vanilla and cooked cornstarch mixture slowly. Beat until it
feels like whipped cream. |