Red cake

Red cake

Ingredients/Components

• sugar
• cream cheese - 1 (8
• eggs - 2 item
• vanilla - 1 tsp
• salt - 1/2 tsp
• soda - 1 tsp
• cocoa - 3 tsp
• buttermilk - 1 c
• vinegar - 1 Tbsp
• Crisco - 1/2 c
• oleo - 1/2 c
• red food coloring - 1/2 oz
• cake flour - 2 c
• chopped pecans optional - 1 c
• Cream shortening and sugar

How to make red cake:

Make paste in cup of cocoa and coloring. Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each one. Add vanilla and red paste. Sift flour and salt. Add alternately with buttermilk. Dissolve soda in vinegar. Fold vinegar in without stirring. Bake in 2 (8-inch) round cake pans at 350° for 35 minutes. Cool and ice with Vanilla Cream Cheese Icing.Vanilla Cream Cheese Icing:1 (1 lb.) box powdered sugar1 (8 oz.) cream cheese1/2 c. oleo2 tsp. vanilla1 c. chopped pecans (optional) Have all ingredients at room temperature. In a large bowl, beat sugar, cream cheese and oleo until smooth. Add vanilla, then stir in pecans.

Recipe categories: Desserts, Cakes, < 60 mins.