Waldorf Red Cake
Yield
1 cakePrep
20 minCook
30 minReady
50 minTrans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| ½ | cup |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 2 | ounces |
food coloring
red, about 6 drops |
*
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 | cup |
buttermilk
|
|
| 2 ½ | cups |
cake flour
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vinegar
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| Icing | |||
| 5 | tablespoons |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 1 | cup |
milk
|
|
| 1 | cup |
sugar
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 1 | cup |
butter
or margarine |
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | ml |
vegetable shortening
|
*
|
| 355 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 2 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 57.8 | ml/g |
food coloring
red, about 6 drops |
*
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 237 | ml |
buttermilk
|
|
| 591 | ml |
cake flour
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vinegar
|
|
| 5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| Icing | |||
| 75 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 237 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 237 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 237 | ml |
butter
or margarine |
|
Directions
Prepare cake: Cream shortening, sugar and eggs until fluffy.
Make a paste with cocoa and red food coloring and add to shortening mixture.
Add salt to sifted flour and sift again.
Add flour alternately with buttermilk.
Add vanilla.
Mix vinegar and soda and add last. DO NOT BEAT HARD just blend at a low speed.
Bake in 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans for 30 minutes at 350℉ (180℃).
Prepare icing: Cook flour and milk until thick.
Cool. Cream sugar, butter and vanilla until light and fluffy.
Add flour misture.
DO NOT BEAT TOO LONG just blend on low speed.
Frost cooled cake.
