* Crossposted from: National Cooking Echo
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      Title: Red Cake
 Categories: Cakes, Desserts
      Yield: 1 Cake
 
    1/2 c  Shortening
  1 1/2 c  Sugar
      2    Eggs
      1 ts Vanilla
      3 tb Cocoa
      1 oz Bottle of red food coloring
      2 c  Sifted flour
      1 c  Butter milk
      1 ts Salt
      1 tb Vinegar
      1 ts Baking soda
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      1 c  Milk
      8 ts Flour
    1/2 lb Real butter
      1 c  Sugar
      1 ts Vanilla
 
  Cream together shortening, 1 1/2 c. Sugar, 2 eggs, 1 t. vanilla. Then
  in a small seperate bowl make a paste out of the cocoa and red food
  coloring mixed with one food coloring bottle full of water. Mix well
  into creamed mixture. Then alternately mix in sifted flour and
  buttermilk. Add salt and mix well. Then in a small seperate bowl mix
  vinegar and baking soda. Mix into batter when it quits foaming.
  
  Split batter into 3 or 4 equal quantities (depending on whether you
  want 3 or 4 layers) and bake in greased round pans at 350 for 20 min.
  
  ICING
  
  Heat over medium heat milk and flour until thick. Cool completely
  then beat in butter, 1 c. sugar and 1 t. vanilla. Beat till fluffy.
  For a while it may seem as though it's not turning out well, but
  stick to it. You'll know when it's done just keep beating it with
  electric mixer. Ice only between the layers and the top. Don't do the
  sides. Store covered in refridgerator.
 
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MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.05
 
      Title: Waldorf Astoria Red Cake
 Categories: Cakes
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
    1/2 c  Shortening
  1 1/2 c  Sugar
    1/4 c  Red food coloring
      2 tb (Heaping) Cocoa
      1 c  Buttermilk
  2 1/4 c  Cake flour
      1 ts Vanilla
      1 ts Salt
      1 ts Baking soda
      1 ts Vinegar
      2    Eggs
           Frosting:
      3 tb Flour
      1 c  Milk
      1 c  Sugar
      1 ts Vanilla
      1 c  Butter, Must be Butter
 
  Cream shortening, sugar and eggs. Make a paste of food coloring and
  cocoa. Add to creamed mixture. Add buttermilk alternating with flour
  and salt. Add vanilla. Add soda to vinegar (foams!!!), Blend in..
  Pour into 3 or 4 greased and floured 8" cake pans. Bake at 350 24-30
  minutes. Split layers fill and frost with the following frosting.
  
  FROSTING Add milk to flour slowly, avoid lumps. Cook flour and milk
  'til very thick, stirring constantly. COOL!! Cream sugar, butter and
  vanilla 'til fluffy. Add to cooked mixture. Beat, high speed, 'til
  very fluffy. Looks and tastes like whipped cream.
 
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... Sincerely yours Gigi
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