1 ½ cup sugar
2 eggs
2 heaping tablespoons cocoa
2 oz red food coloring
1 cup buttermilk
2 & ¼ cups of cake flour
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 tbsp vinegar
Cream shortening, sugar & eggs. Make paste of food color & cocoa. Add paste to creamed shortening. Add buttermilk alternately with sifted flour & salt. Add vanilla. Hold vinegar over bowl, adding soda to vinegar, then add mix to cake & blend. Divide into two 8-inch cake pans. Bake in a 350º F oven for 24-30 min. Cool on rack. Split layers with coarse thread & frost 4 layers.
Frosting:
3 tbsp flour Frosting:
1 cup milk
1 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup butter
Cook flour & milk until very thick, stirring constantly. (In microwave, cook 5 minutes, stirring every minute.) Cool. Cream sugar & butter plus vanilla until very fluffy. Add to cooled mixture & mix until well blended. Should be consistency of whipped cream. Frost the 4 cake layers.
Note: My family is all about the green so I use green food coloring instead of red.
Laura
Note: My family is all about the green so I use green food coloring instead of red.
Laura
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