Betty Sterner's Red Velvet Cake And Icing

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup crisco
• 2 eggs
• 2 ounces red food coloring
• 2 tablespoons cocoa (heaping, hershey's)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 lb butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 prepare a 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan.
• 3 cream together the sugar and the crisco.
• 4 add the eggs to this and mix well.
• 5 slowly add in the red food coloring, cocoa, salt and vanilla.
• 6 dissolve the baking soda in the vinegar.
• 7 add to the above mixture and beat well.
• 8 alternate the additions of the sifted flour and buttermilk.
• 9 bake for approximately 35 minutes.
• 10 to make the icing:.
• 11 while the cake is baking, on the stove, cook the flour and milk until stiff.
• 12 set aside until it cools.
• 13 cream the sugar, butter and vanilla well.
• 14 add to the cooked flour and milk and beat for 15 minutes.
• 15 when you are done with the cake, it should be kept in the refrigerator.