Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch pans or three 8-inch pans. Cream shortening, sugar and eggs. Make a paste of coloring and cocoa and add to mixture. Blend in vanilla. Sift ...

RED VELVET CAKE with two icings: 7-MINUTE and COOKED FROSTING By JUDY WALKER It's finally cool enough to bake. Let's fling some flour around to celebrate. J.B. of New Orleans wants to replace a recipe ...

Put all the ingredients in a saucepan. Bring to a full rolling boil; boil 1 minute. Take off stove and beat frosting until it becomes thick and light in color. Pour onto cake of your choice.

If you're a fan of peanut butter and all things cake, then Peanut Butter Texas Sheet Cake is for you. This delicious treat combines the rich, nutty flavor of peanut butter with a moist and fluffy cake ...

When given a choice between vanilla or chocolate, I'm a vanilla girl most of the time. There's something about that sweet, creamy, aromatic essence - with its delicate floral whiff - that just presses ...

A Moline reader, E.R., an experienced cook/baker herself, says she recently tasted the best-ever cake frosting on a cake served at a funeral luncheon at Christ the King Catholic Church, Moline. "It ...