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RED CAKE Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 oz red food coloring
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cocoa
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter milk
2 cup, 4 1/2 tbsp flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vinegar

Frosting:
3 tbsp flour
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup margarine
Directions:
Directions:
Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs. Make a paste of food coloring and cocoa. Add to cream mixture. Add butter milk and salt alternating with flour. Add vanilla and fold in baking soda and vinegar. Bake at 350º for 30 minutes in 2, 2" pans. When cake is cool cut each cake to make a total of 4 layers.

Frosting: Cook flour and milk until thick and cool mixture. Beat sugar, margarine, and vanilla until fluffy. Blend in cool flour and milk--DO NOT BEAT, JUST BLEND. Frosting each layer, top and sides.

 

 

 

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