Waldorf-Astoria $250 Red Cake (LuLu)

By jasonhewitt

(This is dad’s favorite, and he likes it very red with pink icing.)

Ingredients

• Icing:
• 2 oz Red food color
• 3 Tbs Nestle Quick
• 1 1/2 C sugar
• 1/2 C Crisco
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/4 C flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 C buttermilk
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 4 Tbs flour
• food coloring
• 1 C milk
• 1 C sugar
• dash of salt
• 1/2 C soft butter
• 1/2 C Crisco
• 2 tsp vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Blend 2 oz red color and 3 Tbs Nestle Quick, set aside

Cream sugar and Crisco together. Beat in eggs. Add color mixture.

Sift together flour and salt.

Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture. Blend well BY HAND.

Add one at a time: soda, vinegar, and vanilla.

Bake in 3 layers.

Icing
Mix flour coloring and milk well and cook until thick. Sprinkle sugar on top and chill.

Cream together Sugar through vanilla. Mix well. Add flour mixture and beat until fluffy.