Mom's Signature Red Velvet Cake

Name: Mom's Signature Red Velvet Cake
Total time: 110
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 2 ¼ cups sifted cake flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; ½ cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®); 1 ½ cups white sugar; 2 eggs; 1 (1 ounce) bottle red food coloring; 1 fluid ounce water; 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder; 1 cup buttermilk; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar; 2 cups milk; ¼ cup all-purpose flour; 2 cups butter, softened; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 2 cups white sugar

Recipe by Lisa Miller from allrecipes.com

Dessert 2 Hr. 50 Mins.

Ingredients

16 servings

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2 ¼ cups sifted cake flour
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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½ cup vegetable shortening (such as Crisco®)
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1 ½ cups white sugar
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2 eggs
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1 (1 ounce) bottle red food coloring
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1 fluid ounce water
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2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
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1 cup buttermilk

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1 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
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2 cups milk
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¼ cup all-purpose flour
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2 cups butter, softened
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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2 cups white sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 9-inch cake pans. In a bowl, sift cake flour with baking soda.
Mash the vegetable shortening with 1 1/2 cup of sugar in a large bowl until thoroughly combined, and stir in the eggs, one at a time. Pour the red food coloring into a small bowl, and fill the empty food coloring container with water; add the water to the food coloring. Stir in cocoa powder to make a paste, and mix the paste into the shortening mixture.
Stir the buttermilk, salt, vanilla extract, and apple cider vinegar in a bowl, and mix into the colored shortening mixture, alternating with the flour mixture, until well combined. Scrape the batter into the prepared cake pans.
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cake comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Allow the cakes to cool completely.
To make frosting, whisk together the milk and all-purpose flour in a saucepan until the mixture is free of lumps, and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. Cook, whisking constantly, until the mixture is thick, about 1 minute. Pour the thickened sauce into a mixing bowl, and chill until completely cooled, at least 30 minutes. When cold, place the butter into the mixture, and beat with an electric mixer to combine; add the vanilla extract and 2 cups of sugar to the bowl, and beat with the mixer set on Medium speed until the frosting is light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.