Astoria Red Chocolate Cake

½ cup shortening
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
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

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