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

Recipe information

Cooking:

15 min.

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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.