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Ingredients
- Cake:
- 1/2 cup Crisco
- 2 unbeaten eggs
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 oz red food coloring
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 1/4 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 Tbs cocoa
- 1 Tbs vinegar
- Frosting:
- 4 1/2 level T. flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 c. milk
- 1 1/2 c. butter
- 1 1/2 c. sugar
- 3/8 tsp. vanilla
Preparation
Step 1
1 Prepare 2 round cake pans by greasing and flouring them, then placing wax paper on bottom of pan.
2 Cream together Crisco and sugar. When adding following ingredients, stir only enough to mix into batter - do not over stir!
3 Add unbeaten eggs. Sift together cake flour and salt. Add alternatively with buttermilk. Add 1 ts. vanilla. Mix cocoa with food coloring - then add to mix. Add 1 T. vinegar with soda; add to mix.
4 Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.
Frosting:
Mix 4 1/2 level T. flour, 1/4 tsp salt and 1 1/2 c. milk together. Cook, stirring constantly until thick over medium heat. Set aside to cool. Cream together 1 1/2 c. butter and 1 1/2 c. sugar. Add butter/sugar mixture slowly to flour mixture a little at a time. Beat until fluffy. Add 3/8 tsp. vanilla.