Ingredients
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Cake Batter
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1/2 cup Crisco
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1 and 1/2 cups Sugar
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2 Eggs
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2 oz Red Food Coloring
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1 tsp Cocoa Powder
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2 and 1/2 cups Cake Flour
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1 tsp Baking Soda
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1 tsp Salt
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1 tsp Vanilla Extract
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1 tsp White Vinegar
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1 cup Buttermilk
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Butter Cream Icing
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1 cup Milk
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2 tbsp Flour
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1 stick Butter
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1/2 cup Crisco
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1 cup Powdered Sugar
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1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. |
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2
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To make the cake batter thoroughly cream sugar, shortening and eggs. Make paste of coloring and cocoa (will be liquid). Add to mixture. |
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Add flour with salt alternately with buttermilk. |
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Add vanilla. Last fold in baking soda and vinegar. |
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Bake in two greased, round 8" pans at 350° for 30 minutes. Cool before cutting each in half to create 4 layers. |
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To make the icing mix flour and milk in a saucepan over low heat; cook until thick, then cool. |
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Cream sugar, shortening, butter, and vanilla with mixer for 10 minutes until light and fluffy. |
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8
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Blend in cooled flour mixture. |
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9
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Spread frosting on each half layer. Stack and frost over all. |
