1/2 c. shortening 2-1/4 c. sifted cake flour
1-1/2 c. sugar 1 tsp. vanilla
2 eggs 1 tsp. salt
2 oz. (1/4 cup) red cake coloring 1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 c. cocoa 1 tbsp. vinegar
1 c. buttermilk
Cream shortening, sugar and eggs. Make a paste of food coloring and cocoa. Add to creamed mixture. Add buttermilk alternately with sifted flour and salt. Add vanilla.
Add baking soda to vinegar. Hold over mixing bowl as it foams. Add baking soda and vinegar mixture by blending - not beating. Bake 25-30 minutes at 350 deg. in two-layer pans. Split layers when cool, making four layers. Frost with Cream Frosting.
1 c. milk 1 c. granulated sugar
3 tbs. Flour 1 c. butter or margarine
1 tsp. vanilla
(1) Cook flour and milk until very thick. Cool.
(2) Cream sugar and butter and vanilla until very fluffy.
(3) Add sugar mixture to milk mixture. Mix until well blended.
- Sister Lusk – 1961
Stuttgart Branch, Germany