Name: Red and Green Velvet Cake!
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Vegetable shortening - ½ cup; White sugar - 1 ½ cups; Eggs - 2; Buttermilk - 1 cup; Unsweetened cocoa powder - 2 tablespoons; Salt - 1 teaspoon; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Sifted all-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups; Red food coloring, or as needed - 2 tablespoons; Green food coloring, or as needed - 2 tablespoons; Baking soda - ¾ teaspoon; Distilled white vinegar - 1 ½ teaspoons; Baking soda - ¾ teaspoon; Distilled white vinegar - 1 ½ teaspoons

Ingredients for - Red and Green Velvet Cake!

1. Vegetable shortening ½ cup

2. White sugar 1 ½ cups

3. Eggs 2

4. Buttermilk 1 cup

5. Unsweetened cocoa powder 2 tablespoons

6. Salt 1 teaspoon

7. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

8. Sifted all-purpose flour 2 ½ cups

9. Red food coloring, or as needed 2 tablespoons

10. Green food coloring, or as needed 2 tablespoons

11. Baking soda ¾ teaspoon

12. Distilled white vinegar 1 ½ teaspoons

13. Baking soda ¾ teaspoon

14. Distilled white vinegar 1 ½ teaspoons

How to cook deliciously - Red and Green Velvet Cake!

1 . Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2 . Stage

Grease a 9x13-inch sheet pan.

3 . Stage

Mash vegetable shortening and sugar together in a large bowl until smooth and creamy; beat in eggs until fully incorporated.

4 . Stage

Stir buttermilk, cocoa powder, salt, and vanilla extract into the shortening mixture until the liquid ingredients are an even color and texture.

5 . Stage

Sift flour into the liquid ingredients until combined.

6 . Stage

Pour half the batter into a separate bowl.

7 . Stage

Lightly stir red food color into one bowl of batter and green food color into the other bowl of batter.

8 . Stage

Quickly fold 3/4 teaspoon baking soda and 1 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar into the bowl of red batter; quickly fold 3/4 teaspoon baking soda and 1 1/2 teaspoon white vinegar into the bowl of green batter.

9 . Stage

Pour the red and green batters into the prepared sheet pan in alternating colors.

10 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until the cake is lightly browned on top and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool completely before frosting.