This old-fashioned rich chocolate cake gets its muddy red color from food coloring. It is topped with a cooked butter frosting.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
- 2 (1 ounce) bottles red food coloring
- 3 Tablespoons cocoa
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2-1/4 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 Tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
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- Frosting:
- 4 Tablespoons flour
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- Dash of salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Preparation:
Cake:
Mix together food coloring and cocoa into paste and let stand.
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and coloring paste and mix well. Add buttermilk by hand. Add flour, salt, and vanilla. Beat well by hand. Add vinegar and baking soda. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30 minutes if using a 9 x 13 inch pan, or 25 minutes in 3 (8-inch) cake pans.
Frosting:
Cook flour and milk until thick. Cool completely. Cream remaining ingredients, then add to milk mixture and beat vigorously until fluffy.
Yield: 1 cake
Recipe Source: Recipe Hall of Fame Dessert Cookbook edited by Gwen McKee (Quail Ridge Press)
Reprinted with permission.
Mix together food coloring and cocoa into paste and let stand.
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and coloring paste and mix well. Add buttermilk by hand. Add flour, salt, and vanilla. Beat well by hand. Add vinegar and baking soda. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 30 minutes if using a 9 x 13 inch pan, or 25 minutes in 3 (8-inch) cake pans.
Frosting:
Cook flour and milk until thick. Cool completely. Cream remaining ingredients, then add to milk mixture and beat vigorously until fluffy.
Yield: 1 cake
Recipe Source: Recipe Hall of Fame Dessert Cookbook edited by Gwen McKee (Quail Ridge Press)
Reprinted with permission.
