Waldorf Red Velvet Cake
For a higher ratio of cake to frosting use two 92 inch pans.
Waldorf red velvet cake. But thats just the way the original recipe read. Ingredients 12 cup shortening 1 12 cups sugar 2 eggs 2 ounces red food coloring 2 tablespoons cocoa heaping 1 cup buttermilk 2 14 cups cake flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon vinegar FROSTING 3 tablespoons flour 1 cup milk 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla. Many places including the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Park Avenue credit themselves with inventing red velvet cake.
The Waldorf Astoria Red Velvet Cake has become synonymous with that velvety smooth cake crumb made popular in Victorian England contrasted against bright white frosting that incorporates cream cheese the decade when Philadelphia cream cheese was born through an acquisition by Kraft. You may also use three 8-inch pans. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Red Velvet Cake Was Originally Born at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Make a paste of red food coloring and cocoa powder then stir that in. Many bakers now make this cake with just two layers.
Melt Chocolate in a metal bowl set over a saucepan of boiling water or in the top of a double boiler or melt in microwave for 20 25 seconds. Some just call it the Red Velvet Cake. Melt the chocolate in a metal bowl and set over a saucepan of boiling water or in the top of a double boiler or melt in a microwave for 20-30 seconds.
Spray three 9-inch round cake pans with flour-added cooking spray. Meanwhile place the sugar eggs oil and vanilla in a bowl and mix for about one minute on low speed. Beat in eggs vanilla extract and butter extract scraping sides of bowl occasionally.