ORIGINAL RECIPE FOR RED VELVET CAKE-1963

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Original Recipe for Red Velvet Cake-1963 image

I got this recipe from Diane Small about 1963. I babysat for her children. I had the cake at her house and fell in love with it. I copied the recipe from a Nashville newspaper article on the recipe's origins from the Waldorff Astoria Hotel in NYC. I know the recipe is over 50 years old. It is a family favorite. I am including the...

Provided by Dianne L. Killian

Categories     Cakes

Time 1h15m

Number Of Ingredients 17

1 cup buttermilk
2 ozs. red food coloring
2 1/4 cups cake flour
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
2 eggs
3/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. vinegar
MYSTERY ICING
3 Tbsp. flour
1 cup milk
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla

Steps:

  • 1. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Make a paste with cocoa and food coloring.
  • 2. Cream shortening,sugar,and eggs.
  • 3. Mix vanilla and buttermilk. Add alternately with flour to batter. Then add cocoa paste. Mix vinegar and soda and fold into batter. This makes three 8-inch layers.
  • 4. For icing: Cook flour and milk until thick. Chill in refrigerator till cold. Beat butter, sugar, and vanilla tillvery creamy. Do not underbeat. Add milk mixture and beat till fluffy. Spread on cake.

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