Red velvet cake

Red velvet cake

Ingredients/Components

• red food coloring - 2 oz
• Nestle Quik - 3 tsp
• Crisco - 1/2 c
• sugar
• eggs - 2 item
• cake flour
• salt - 1 tsp
• buttermilk
• vanilla - 1 tsp
• vinegar - 1 Tbsp
• soda - 1 tsp
• Cream Crisco and sugar
• white granulated sugar - 1 c
• flour
• milk room temperature - 1/2 c

How to make red velvet cake:

Make a thin paste of food coloring and Nestle Quik. Cream Crisco and sugar. Add whole eggs and color paste. Mix together. Sift together cake flour and salt. Sift 3 times. Add alternately the buttermilk and dry ingredients. Add vanilla. Beat with mixer for 3 minutes. Remove from mixer; add vinegar and soda. Mix into batter by hand. Bake in 3 greased and floured 8-inch round pans at 350° for 35 minutes or in a 9 x 13-inch pan for 40 minutes.Icing:1 stick margarine1/2 c. Crisco1 c. white granulated sugar3 heaping Tbsp. flour1/2 c. milk (room temperature) Cream in mixer the margarine with Crisco. Add sugar. Add flour one teaspoon at a time. Add milk. Beat until all granulated sugar is dissolved.

Recipe categories: Desserts, Cakes, American.