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Waldorf Astoria Red Velvet Cake Recipe
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Lunasea / All my dishes 1 year, 10 months ago
This Red Velvet Cake recipe was famous back in the day. I bet every newspaper in the universe ran this treasure; someone 'supposedly' paid/bribed someone for the hotel's cake recipe and it became a tradition. My Momma used to make this when I was ... More
Prep:15m Cook:35m Servings:12
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Ingredients
- CAKE:
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 ounces red food coloring
- 2 tablespoons cocoa (heaping)
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 1/4 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- ****
- FROSTING:
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup butter (must be butter!)
Directions
- For Cake:
- Cream shortening, sugar and eggs.
- Make a paste of food coloring and cocoa. Add to creamed mixture.
- Add buttermilk alternating with flour and salt.
- Add vanilla.
- Add soda to vinegar (it foams!), and blend into cake batter.
- Pour into 3 or 4 greased and floured 8" cake pans.
- Bake at 350 F. for 24-30 minutes.
- Frost with the following frosting.
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- For Frosting:
- Add milk to flour slowly, avoiding lumps.
- Cook flour and milk until very thick, stirring constantly.
- **COOL IT COMPLETELY!!
- Cream sugar, butter and vanilla until fluffy. Add to cooked mixture.
- Beat, high speed, until very fluffy. Looks and tastes like whipped cream.
- Enjoy. =)
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bakermel 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Yummmm! :) Sounds like a perfect dessert to me! Thanks, Vickie! :)
~Melinda
knoxcop 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Yeeesss!! The frosting on this cake is often referred to as "Mary Kay" frosting, and it's hard to find these days. When people place an order for a RV cake, I always make sure to ask them which icing they'd like---(because I prefer this frosting to the cream cheese) The recipe you have is similar to mine, I think there have been 100's of "variations" over the years, lol. I'm so glad to see this original version! Thanks!
--Kn0x--
divaliscious 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Wow, a frosting I never heard of...I feel so frosting-deprived and ashamed..thanks for the frosting posting, the education and for the recipe...I will definitely save this one!
wynnebaer 1 year, 10 months ago said:
My all time favorite...:)
zena824 1 year, 10 months ago said:
Absolutely love this cake......One of the best cakes around.....Thanks for the post...
suestonebender 1 year, 7 months ago said:
This sounds decadent! I've never heard of putting flour in frosting before, and this has me really curious now. Can't wait to try this out.
hoosiermom68 1 year, 7 months ago said:
Hi Vickie.Sounds delicious-but almost too pretty to eat!! Will add this to my faves.
Thanks and have a good one!
Carrie :)
lipsantos 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Yes, this is the original! I found a picture of this cake in one of my grandma’s magazines when I was a kid. I asked my mom to make it for me and it became my special request birthday cake every year after that. A couple years ago one of our friends, who was taking baking and pastry classes, said she would make a cake for my birthday party. I asked for the Red Velvet cake. She found the recipe and made it and it was wonderful. Because it’s my favorite, I added it to the Birthday Club group.
lor 1 year, 6 months ago said:
OH MY GOSH!!! You don't have to twist my arm. You're absolutely and positively correct - this cake would be perfect for our birthdays! Thank you so much for sharing it with all of us! Do you really think I can wait until November? Well, the answer to that is a big NO. I'll bake it way in advance and celebrate everyone's birthday with it ;) This is a "5" "5" "5" all the way!
mumtazcatering 1 year, 6 months ago said:
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....:}
you got me drooling all over the computer again,Vickie.........!!
have a blessed weekend,sweetie{ i know you will !}
Mumtaz
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trigger 1 year, 5 months ago said:
July 3 is around the corner Vickie please bring this wonderful cake in person to my Birthday Party.
I promise not to brag about my famous cooking friend.
christina90604 1 year, 4 months ago said:
Cake flour do u mean cake mix or flour??
cocinera 1 year, 3 months ago said:
I so rmember the story of this recipe and remember my mom going nuts after she lost it shell be so suprised thanx so much for posting it