Dessert Recipes - Hershey's Red Velvet Cocoa Cake Recipe

Ingredients                 

• 1/2 cup shortening

• 1 1/2 cups sugar

• 2 eggs

• 1 tsp vanilla

• 3 Tbs Hershey's Cocoa

• 2 ounces red food coloring

• 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour

• 1 cup buttermilk

• 1 tsp salt

• 1 tsp soda

• 1 Tbs vinegar

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Method:

1. Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and vanilla. Beat well. In a separate dish, blend cocoa and food coloring; add to sugar mixture. Add flour, buttermilk and salt alternately. Mix soda and vinegar in cup and add.

2. Bake in two 9-inch cake pans, greased and floured, at 360°F for 30 to 36 minutes.

3. If desired, divide batter between three 8-inch pans. Let cool before frosting.

Note: A red paste coloring usually does a prettier job than some liquid types. They are available in specialty shops or in cake decorating supply sections of department stores.