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Red Mystery Cake - Nan's Birthday Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
1 C. butter
1 1/2 C. sugar
2 eggs
2 oz. red food coloring
2 T. cocoa
2 1/2 C. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 C. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 T. vinegar
1 tsp. baking soda

Buttercream Frosting:
5 T. flour
1 C. milk
1 C. sugar
1 C. cold butter
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350º.

Grease and wax paper 2 - 9 inch cake pans.
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat well. Make a think paste of food coloring and cocoa and add to the creamed mixture. Sift flour and salt together and add to batter alternately with buttermilk. Blend in vanilla. Combine baking soda and vinegar and mix immediately into batter at low speed. Pour at once into two cake pans. Bake for 25 minutes. Let cool and remove from pans. Frost with Buttercream Frosting.

Buttercream Frosting: Blend flour and milk together. Cook in a saucepan over low heat til very thick, stirring constantly. Cool thoroughly. Cream butter and sugar and add vanilla. Add cooled flour mixture. Beat together until fluffy. Add between layers and frost top and sides.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
12

 

 

 

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