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Red Velvet Cake (The Legend recipe image
This International dessert features Shortening, White sugar, Eggs, Cocoa, Red food colouring. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
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Difficulty: Intermediate
Servings: 1
Calories: 1255.2
Dietary: Vegetarian
Description
This International dessert features Shortening, White sugar, Eggs, Cocoa, Red food colouring. It delivers smooth, comforting richness, sweet, indulgent flavor. A wonderful way to end any meal, especially on special occasions. Simple to make with ingredients you likely already have on hand, this is a recipe you will come back to again and again.
Ingredients
  • 1/2 cup Shortening
  • 1 1/2 cup White sugar
  • 2 Eggs
  • 2 tablespoon Cocoa
  • 1/4 cup Red food colouring
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 1/2 cup Cake flour
  • 1 cup Buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon Baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon Vinegar
Directions
  1. 1
    This Red Velvet cake recipe was given away in Winnipeg in protest against the charging for it in the Restaurant.
  2. 2
    My Mother remembered much more of the story than I did.
  3. 3
    Seems that a couple of Winnipegers were vacationing in the southern U.S.A.
  4. 4
    & were served this wonderful cake.
  5. 5
    They asked if they might have the recipe & were told they could.
  6. 6
    When they went to pay for the meal they found a charge of $200.00 had been added on to the normal charge.
  7. 7
    This was for the recipe.
  8. 8
    When they got home they turned it over to the Women's Institute who sold copies

Nutrition Facts

Servings 1

Amount Per Serving
Calories 1255.2kcal
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 35.9g56%
Saturated Fat 12.1g61%
Cholesterol 94.5mg32%
Sodium 4944.6mg207%
Total Carbohydrate 220.8g74%
Dietary Fiber 5.4g22%
Sugars 94.6g
Protein 19.1g39%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

Keywords: baking, buttermilk, cake, cocoa, colouring, dessert, eggs, flour, food, international, legend, red, salt, shortening, soda, sugar, title, vanilla, vegetarian, velvet
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