Red Velvet Loaf

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup crisco
• 1 cup butter
• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups cake flour
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 ounce red food coloring
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 (1 lb) box confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 cream together crisco, butter and sugar.
• 2 add eggs one at a time.
• 3 add vanilla and red food coloring.
• 4 sift together the flour, baking powder, cocoa and salt.
• 5 add alternately with milk.
• 6 beat until smooth.
• 7 bake in tube pan at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• 8 for icing, blend together cream cheese and confectioners sugar.
• 9 spread on cooled cake.