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Red Cake

Cake 1 tsp soda
1/2 cup shortening 1 Tbs vinegar
1-1/2 cup white sugar Frosting
2 eggs 1 cup milk
2 bottles red food 1/4 cup flour
coloring 1 cup sugar
1 tsp salt 3/4 cup Crisco
1 cup buttermilk 1-1/2 tsp vanilla
2-1/2 cups flour
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbs cocoa

Procedure
Cake
1 Cream shortening & sugar
2 Add whole eggs and food coloring and mix.
3 Sift together salt, flour and cocoa. Add to creamed mixture
alternating with buttermilk beating after each addition.
4 Add remaining ingredients and mix by hand
5 Put in greased and floured cake pan and bake at 350° for 25
to 30 minutes.
Frosting
1 Cook milk and flour until it becomes thick like white sauce.
Remove from heat and cool.
2 Cream sugar and Crisco.
3 Add white sauce and vanilla and beat on high speed until stiff.
4 Spread frosting on cake

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