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Cakes and Pies -
Mom’s Red Cake
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| INGREDIENTS |
- 1/2 cup shortening
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1 1/2 cups white sugar
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2 eggs
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3 tablespoons cocoa
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1/2 ounce red food coloring
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2 cups cake flour
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1 cup buttermilk
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1 teaspoon vanilla
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1 tablespoon white vinegar
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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| INSTRUCTIONS |
Cream shortening and sugar. Add unbeaten eggs; cream well. Mix cocoa and food coloring into a paste; add to egg mixture. Sift flour, measure, and add flour and buttermilk gradually to creamed mixture. Add vanilla. Mix vinegar and soda in a cup; fold into cake while mixture is foaming.
Bake at 350° for 35 minutes if using layer pans and for 45 minutes if using a 13-x-9-inch sheet cake pan.
“This red cake recipe was requested by everyone who tasted it. I have to thank my mother, Ruth Poth, for this recipe and for the rest of her collection of good recipes.” |
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