Red Velvet Cake Recipe

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Red Velvet Cake
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Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 2 (1 oz) bottles red food coloring
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups cake flour
  • 1 tbsp cocoa
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tbsp vinegar
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1 cup sweet milk
  • 1/2 cup oleo
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup crisco
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 drop red food coloring
  • 1 cup sugar

Directions:

  1. CAKE:.
  2. Cream together Crisco, sugar, food coloring, and salt.
  3. Add vanilla and eggs and cream well.
  4. Sift and measure cake flour.
  5. Add cocoa and salt, and sift 3 times.
  6. Add to mix alternately with buttermilk. Beat well.
  7. Fold in soda that is dissolved in vinegar. Makes 2 layers or 3 thin layers.
  8. Grease and flour pans and bake at 375 degrees for 25 to 35 minutes.
  9. ICING:.
  10. Cook flour and milk to pudding stage.
  11. Stir constantly, and then set off to cool. Cream oleo, vanilla, Crisco, and salt.
  12. Add sugar and cream well.
  13. Add to pudding and beat well until fluffy. (It will look like whipped cream).
  14. For pink icing, add a few drops of red food coloring.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1700.91 Kcal (7121 kJ)
Calories from fat 410.03 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 45.56g 70%
Cholesterol 179.61mg 60%
Sodium 2461.8mg 103%
Potassium 659.9mg 14%
Total Carbs 294.94g 98%
Sugars 164.68g 659%
Dietary Fiber 5.11g 20%
Protein 26.91g 54%
Iron 11.7mg 65%
Calcium 402.1mg 40%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 248.49 Kcal (1040 kJ)
Calories from fat 59.9 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.66g 70%
Cholesterol 26.24mg 60%
Sodium 359.65mg 103%
Potassium 96.41mg 14%
Total Carbs 43.09g 98%
Sugars 24.06g 659%
Dietary Fiber 0.75g 20%
Protein 3.93g 54%
Iron 1.7mg 65%
Calcium 58.7mg 40%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 37
    Points
  • 46
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar

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