Pictures And A Recipe

Linda putting up my tree:

Mallory today:

Red Velvet Cake

1/2 cup shortening (Crisco)

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 eggs

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoons cocoa

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 oz. red food coloring (2 bottles)

1 teaspoons baking soda

1 tablespoon vinegar

Frosting/Icing Ingredients:

1 cup milk

1/3 cup flour dash of salt

1/2 cup Crisco 1 stick margarine 1 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

DIRECTIONS:

Grease two 9 inch round pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Cream shortening and sugar WELL. Add eggs and beat well. Sift together 3 times flour, cocoa, and salt. Add these three ingredients and buttermilk to batter, beat well. Add vanilla and food coloring and beat in. Then in a small bowl add vinegar and soda, until soda is dissolved, FOLD INTO CAKE BATTER. DON'T BEAT OR STIR NOW. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Cool layers before icing.

Icing Directions:

To Make Icing: Cook 1 cup milk and flour in double boiler until the consistency of pudding, stirring constantly. Add dash of salt and set aside to cool. Cream 1/2 cup Crisco and 1 stick of margarine and 1 cup granulated sugar. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Add to cooling pudding mixture and beat until creamy.

DON'T ICE CAKE TILL COOL because the icing will melt all over the cake.