This is a cake recipe that my sister used to make for me. Her house burned down a long time ago and she lost the recipe, we cannot find it anywhere

It is a red cake that I remember had a whole thing of red food coloring in it.

Here is the tricky part. I remember the icing had 1 cup of crisco and coconut.
I know it sounds weird but it was wonderful.

Sounds like a type of Red Devil cake. I have never made one and hope you have good luck finding it.

The cake part sounds like Red Velvet Cake - made with a chocolate cake.

Don't know about the icing.

Try allrecipes.com. Near the top is an 'ingredient' search. Put in crisco and coconut and/or whatever else you think when it in.

Try http://www.crisco.com for the frosting recipe.

Our family calls this $200 Waldorf Astoria Cake as the recipe came from that hotel and when a lady asked for the recipe it was sent to her with a bill for $200. she raised the $$ to pay for the $200 by selling copies of the recipe. Our frosting did not have coconut in it but it was made by cooking a kind of "paste", cooling it and then whipping it for a long time...My Mom colored the frosting green to go with the red of the cake for a Christmas dessert. I have never made it.. just enjoying the memories of eating it each year.

WALDORF RED CAKE
1/2 C Crisco
1 1/2 C sugar
2 eggs
2 oz (4 bottles) red food coloring
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cocoa
1 tsp salt
1 C buttermilk
2 1/4 C cake flour
1 tsp vinegar
1 t soda

Cream crisco, sugar & eggs; make paste w/coloring and cocoa; then add salt, buttermilk and mix slowly. Add flour and vanilla; add vinegar and soda last. DO NOT BEAT AFTER FLOUR, just blend. Bake in 9" pans 30 min. at 350.

ICING
Cook 1 C milk and 6 TB flour until very thick, then cool. Cream 1 C butter, 1 C sugar and 1 tsp vanilla. Add flour mixture and beat until smooth at high speed. When cake is cool, slice each layer horizontally in two (will have 4 layers). Ice between layers and sides. THIS IS A LARGE CAKE

You add all the buttermilk and then all the flour? Not alternating?

Yes............ (NOT alternating). I made this once many years ago and just followed the instructions.... it turned out great!

I'm bookmarking to try later... not now though... too much indulgence over the holidays. DH will love this one!

Paula Deen has a great recipe. Try her site on Food Network.

Tried to enter this above, but having trouble. Just wanted to say Paula Dean was Grand Marshall for the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Ca, yesterday!

Arty1- Thanks for the recipe- I once had that icing recipe, and have looked for it over and over (in my messy recipe collection), and am so glad to see it! It was the best icing I ever had at the time- Think I'll make a box cake and try it out again! (Heck with all that red food coloring!)

I have the Red Velvet cake recipe and a great white cooked frosting. that you have to cool in frig. REALLY good.
Oh Dear I just remembered, we are in Fl. for the winter, recipe would be in Ohio :oops: But maybe my SIL has it. :roll:

I think I found the cooked frosting recipe. Go to Cook's .com and ask for cooked frosting. It's a third on down. Good Luck.
Only takes 1/2 cup Crisco.

You can google red velvet cake or red devils food cake and also frosting made with crisco, or go to allrecipes.com

cream cheese frosting with coconut in it.

Or this linhttp://www.crisco.com/Search.aspx?ca...t+frostingk...

also google waldorf astoria frosing for red velvet cake they have arecipe that has crisco in it

I've made this recipe for Red Velvet Cake since 1964 & its one of my favorites but follow directions closely.
Red Velvet Cake
Cream together 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1/2 cup shortening. Cream about 5 - 10 minutes. Add 2 whole eggs, two 1/2 oz. bottles red food coloring & 1 tsp. vanilla.
In another bowl sift together: 1/2 tsp. salt, 2 Tbsp. cocoa, 2 cups flour. Add a little at a time to the creamed mixture, alternately with 1 cup buttermilk..
Mix in 1 tsp. baking soda & 2 Tbsp. vinegar (This causes a reaction that's fun to watch)
Divide into 3 greased & floured round cake pans (I also line the bottom with waxed paper).
Bake for 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Icing: 1 1/2 cups milk 1/4 cup flour
Cook until a paste forms. Remove from heat & let cool.
Cream together 1 cup granualted sugar, 1 cup shortening.
Add 1 tsp. salt, 1/2 tsp. vanilla. Add this mixture to the paste mixture, beating until smooth.
Frost cake & sprinle sides & top with coconut.

THANKS ARTY1 FOR THE RECIPE. SOUNDS WONDERFUL.

My sister makes the red velvet cake using a German Chocolate Cake Mix and adds a bottle of red food coloring. Hope that helps.

Sounds like a red velvet cake to me only we always put cream cheese with pecans frosting on it.

Yes this is what we call red velvet here in Alabama,
Iceing 1- 8oz. cream cheese softened , i-box confect. sugar, 1/2 stk margerine, 1cp. pecansmix and spread
on cake layers, if toostiff add drop of milk until consistane'
Enjoy, Its our Holiday cake. :thumbup: :thumbup:

this sounds yummy...I am going to try and make this come the weekend...

Duncan Hines makes a great red velvet box cake mix. I use that and make the homemade cooked icing.