Growing up, my mother always made me a red velvet cake on my birthday. Sometimes, she’d also make them for Christmas, but I knew them as “my” birthday cake. No one else in our family had this cake as “their” cake. I felt like it was especially mine.
But then Little Buddy came along and decided it would be “his” birthday cake when celebrating his birthday with my family. When we celebrate his birthday with my husband’s family, he always wants my mother-in-law’s caramel cake. I’ll have to share it later.
I wonder what he wished.
Probably to get the biggest slice of this cake!
Because it is the best cake in all the land.
Amen.
Thanks Nana for making his birthday cake.
We love ya. And we love your cake.
Here’s how she makes it.
from Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers, Desserts Edition, 1963
Ingredients
- ½ cup Crisco
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 oz. red food coloring
- 2 Tbsp. cocoa
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 scant tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tsp. soda
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 Tbsp. vinegar
Instructions
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease and flour 3 8-inch round cake pans.
- Cream together Crisco, sugar and eggs.
- Make a paste of food coloring and cocoa and add to mixture.
- Add salt and flour with buttermilk and vanilla.
- Alternately add soda and vinegar; just blend, don’t beat hard.
- Bake 30 minutes.
- Cool cake thoroughly before frosting.
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The Perfect frosting for Red Velvet Cake. It doesn't get better.
from Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers, Desserts Edition, 1963
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
- 1 cup butter or Crisco shortening
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup sugar
Instructions
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- Cook flour and milk on low heat until thick.
- Cool.
- Cream sugar and butter and vanilla until fluffy.
- Add to cooled flour and milk mixture.
- Beat until mixture is like whipped cream.
- Spread on layers.
- Sprinkle with coconut or nuts if desired.
- Keep cake cool
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This cake will be a favorite on your holiday dessert buffet, next birthday celebration, or family dinner.
Enjoy!
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I always make a red velvet cake for my mom and my brother on their birthdays. My great grandmother made them all the time when I was little for my mom and once I was old enough I always helped and now that she has passed I am the red velvet cake baker!
I LOVE that this recipe is from 1963 Home Economic’s teachers. How fun! Red Velvet is my favorite flavor ever, along with spice cake.
How did you get it to be such a rich, gorgeous red color?! Mine always comes out more brown than red! Looks DELISH!
Oh yum! Nothing much beats red velvet cake!
Thanks for sharing, and Happy Birthday to little buddy : )
Happy Birthday little buddy!! The cake looks great; love the “vintage” recipe
Red Velvet Cake is so special. I bake it for Mom’s birthday when I am able to be with her. And she will be staying with us in a few weeks, over her birthday – this cake is already on the menu! It’s a wonderful kick-off to all the beautiful holiday baking.
Happy Birthday to your sweet! Oh gosh, cake looks so elegant and beautiful red! I’ve to try this someday.
Love the passing down of traditions!
So fun! Adopt me…please.
Looks delicious! Is it good for cupcakes as well?
I have never made a red velvet cake in my life. It looks really yum though. I must admit that I kind of hate the taste of red dye. I recently read somewhere that you can dye the cake with beet juice. I think I could try this with some beet juice coloring instead of red dye. I bet it wouldn’t be all that hard. I may have to try it. Of course the gluten free part will probably prove harder than the coloring! But the cake is gorgeous. Did you have the surprise? I hope little buddy had a great time celebrating his big day!
Gorgeous! My eldest daughter that just celebrated her birthday last week always wants a red velvet cake too! Can’t wait to try this recipe!
This cake is GORGEOUS!! As are your pictures of it.
Passed down recipes are truly the best kind. Thanks so much for sharing one that is close to your heart. Happy Birthday to your Little Buddy!!
Happy Monday!!
Oh, I’ve always wanted to make red velvet cake, and never gotten around to it. I think I should give this a try!
That cake is gorgeous! Happy birthday to Little Buddy. Bet he had some great wishes!
That cake is GORGEOUS! And your son is just the cutest!!!
That cakes looks perfectly moist! Small confession-I have never tried red velvet anything-yikes, but yours looks great.
Gorgeous pictures, Robyn and your little Buddy has great taste in cake!