Recipe: Hershey's Red Velvet Cake/Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting

Sus S:
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These recipes were on Hershey's cocoa boxes during the 1930's
and you would be hard pressed to improve on them!
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HERSHEY S RED VELVET CAKE

INGREDIENTS:
1/2 cup Shortening
1 1/2 cups Sugar
2 Eggs
1 tsp Vanilla
3 Tbs Hershey s Cocoa
2 oz Red Food Coloring
2 1/2 cups Sifted Cake Flour
1 cup Buttermilk
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 Tbs Vinegar

INSTRUCTIONS:
Pre-heat oven to 350
Cream the shortening and sugar.
Add eggs an vanilla and beat well.
In a separate bowl blend cocoa and food coloring.
Add the cocoa to the sugar mixture.
Add flour, buttermilk and salt alternately.
Mix the soda and vinegar in a cup and add to the batter.

Pour the batter into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
Bake at 350 for 30 - 35 minutes.
Let cool before frosting.

NOTES:
**if desired divide the batter between 3 (three) 8 inch pans
(this is what the original recipe called for)

ENJOY! j

HERSHEY S CHOCOLATE SOUR CREAM FROSTING AND FILLING

INGREDIENTS:
2 cups Granulated Sugar
2 Tbs Hershey s Chocolate Flavored Syrup
2/3 cup Sour Cream (dairy sour cream)
1 tsp Vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS:
In a saucepan, combine the sugar and chocolate syrup.
When well mixed, add the sour cream.
Cook over medium heat to the soft boil stage (234 )
Remove from the heat.
Add vanilla and beat until thick enough to spread.
Add crushed nuts of choice for variety.
Yields 1 1/2 cups icing.

ENJOY! j