Santa’s Red Velvet Cake Recipe from Maggie Zaback. Holiday Dessert bake-off Christmas Special recipe.

Ingredients 

Cake:

½ c margarine

2 eggs

1-1/3 c sugar

Cream together.

¼ c cocoa

1 oz. red food coloring

Sift in:

2-1/2 c cake flour

1-1/4 c buttermilk

¼ tsp. salt

1 t. vanilla

2 t. cinnamon

Beat into the rest of the mixture

1 T. vinegar

1 t. baking soda

Stir in and bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes in a 9” x 13” pan.

Frosting:

3 T flour

¾ c milk

Combine and cook until thick

½ c margarine

1 t. vanilla

½ c Crisco

¾ c sugar

Method 

Cream in a separate bowl while flour mixture cools. Combine and whip until like whipped cream. Frost the cake and garnish with cinnamon and candied almonds.