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Viewed: 17 - Published at: 5 years agoIngredients
- Cake
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon adams best vanilla
- 1 teaspoon adams butter flavor extract
- 1 (1 1/2 ounce) bottle adams red food coloring
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon vinegar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- Frosting
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons adams best vanilla
- 1/4 teaspoon adams butter flavor extract
Method
- Begin making the cake: cream shortening, sugar, eggs, flavors.
- Make a paste of cocoa and food coloring, add to first mixture.
- Alternately add flour and buttermilk.
- Mix soda and vinegar in small bowl; add to batter; blend.
- Bake in 3-9" or 10" pans for 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees; let cool completely
- Make frosting: cook milk, flour, salt, until thick; stirring constantly; let cool.
- Cream shortening and sugar very well; add flavors - combine with the first mixture; beat well.
- Cover cake with frosting.
- Tell legend while serving.
- Reference: Brunvand, "The Vanishing Hitchhiker," NY: WW Norton, 1981, 154-160; more information coming in Brunvand,"The Brain Drain and other Timely Tales" Urbana: Univ of Ill Press, 1999.
- The Adams products, of course, may be substituted if you do not live in Texas or nearby where they are sold.
- Note from Julie: for St. Patrick's Day, substitute *green* food coloring and make Green Velvet Cake! Or during Halloween, mix red and yellow to make orange.
