American Beauty

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Title: AMERICAN BEAUTY
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 1 Servings

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2 oz Food coloring, red
3 tb Cocoa, instant; Nestle's

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1/2 c Shortening; Crisco
1 1/2 c Sugar, granulated
2 Eggs
1 c Buttermilk
2 1/4 c Flour, cake; sifted 3 times
1 ts Salt
1 ts Vanilla
1 tb Vinegar, white
1 ts Baking soda

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1/4 lb Butter, unsalted
7 tb Shortening; Crisco
1 c Sugar, granulated
1/2 ts Vanilla
3 tb Flour, cake
2/3 c Buttermilk; room temperature

Mix together the red food coloring and instant cocoa; set aside. Cream
together the 1/2 cup of shortening, 1-1/2 cup sugar and eggs. Add colored
paste and mix well. Add 1 cup buttermilk, 2-1/4 cup cake flour and salt.
Mix well, add 1 teaspoon vanilla, vinegar and baking soda. Mix well again.

Bake in 350F oven 30-35 minutes.

For the icing, cream together butter, remaining shortening and vanilla.
Mix very well with electric beater; add remaining flour, 1 tablespoon at a
time while mixing. Add remaining buttermilk and mix well.

Notes: This recipe was handed down from my mother-in-law and I have never
seen the equal of it! For Christmas, add green food coloring to the icing
for a real Christmas effect. The hand written recipe did not indicate pan
size, type or quantity ... but works well as a layer cake or in a
springform cake pan. If you make this cake, let me know how you like it.

Rick Weissgerber - an original upload to GEnie F&WRT.

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