Waldorf Astoria Red Cake

Name: Waldorf Astoria Red Cake
Total time: P1H
Yield: 3
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: vegetable shortening; sugar; food coloring; cocoa powder; buttermilk; cake flour; vanilla extract; salt; baking soda; vinegar; eggs; flour; milk; sugar; vanilla extract; butter

Submitted by jasoncates

YIELD

3 servings

PREP

30 min

COOK

30 min

READY

60 min

Ingredients

CUP VEGETABLE SHORTENING *

1 ½

CUPS SUGAR

CUP FOOD COLORING
red *

TABLESPOONS COCOA POWDER
(heaping)

CUP BUTTERMILK

2 ¼

CUPS CAKE FLOUR

TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

TEASPOON SALT

TEASPOON BAKING SODA

TEASPOON VINEGAR

LARGE EGGS

frosting

TABLESPOONS ALL-PURPOSE FLOUR

CUP MILK

CUP SUGAR

TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT

CUP BUTTER
must be butter

Directions

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 inch cake pans. Bake at 350 24 to 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.