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Traditional Red Velvet Cake Recipe

	Fizzle3nat / All my dishes 1 year, 3 months ago Most people think that Red Velvet cake has a cream cheese frosting. Not so - the traditional frosting is something much more like the filling in a Hostess cupcake or Twinkie, and that's the frosting featured in this recipe that I received from a very dear friend of mine.... More Prep:30m Cook:30m Servings:12	Fizzle3nat
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Ingredients

⅔ c. shortening

1 ½ c. sugar

2 eggs

1 - 2 or 3 oz bottle of red food coloring

2 TBSP. cocoa – DO NOT use Dutch-Process (it makes the cake too dark)

1 tsp. vanilla

1 tsp. salt

2 ¼ cups cake flour

1 c. buttermilk

1 tsp. soda

2 TBSP. vinegar

Frosting – recipe below

Directions

Preheat oven to 350˚F. Grease and flour three 9” round cake pans.

In large bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and mix well.

Combine food coloring, cocoa and vanilla and stir in.

Sift together salt and flour.

Mix together vinegar, buttermilk and soda.

Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture to creamed mixture. Blend well.

Pour into prepared pans. Bake for 30 minutes; cakes are done when a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool on racks for five minutes before removing from pans. Cool completely.

Fill and frost cakes with Frosting (recipe below). Garnish with walnut halves and candied cherries (optional). Beautiful three-layer cake with bright red interior.

TRADITIONAL RED VELVET CAKE FROSTING

In a double boiler, combine ½ c. flour and 1 cup milk. Cook until thick while whisking constantly; cool completely. Chill. Place in chilled bowl and beat on high for several minutes. Mix together 1 cup softened butter, 1 cup granulated super-fine sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla in another bowl until light and fluffy. Add to first bowl mixture and beat until light and fluffy. Frost between layers and on top.

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Comments

jett2whit 1 year, 3 months ago said:
This recipe is similar to the New York Waldorf Astoria cake I posted. Favorite cake other than a carrot cake!

fishtrippin 1 year, 3 months ago said:
This sounds like real red velvet cake!! Can't wait to try it. Thanx!!

lunasea 1 year, 2 months ago said:
One of my faves - and love that original frosting. It's a must! Oh yummm - thanks so much. :)

linebb956 1 year, 1 month ago said:
This is like the one from New Orleans... I can't remember which restaurant... but it is awesome... I posted the frosting part to use on any cake.. It is our favorite... Thanks for posting the real deal!

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tashmoore 4 months, 2 weeks ago said:
My grandma gave me this recipe for red cake icing:
1C sugar
1/2# oleo (like Crisco I am told)
1/2C shortening
beat in mixer until thick and creamy
cook until thick:
1C milk
2T cornstarch
cool until lukewarm then add to 1st mixture
beat thoroughly
flavor and color to taste. (she always made it pink, but I don't know what flavoring she used).
She made this for everyone's birthday. Even way back when my mom was a kid in the 50's.