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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  North American >> US >> US

• Dietary Style

• Preparation Time

  Cooking Time - 25 minutes, Preparation Time - 15 minutes

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| 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). | 2. Grease a 9x13-inch sheet pan. | 3. Mash vegetable shortening and sugar together in a large bowl until smooth and creamy; beat in eggs until fully incorporated. | 4. Stir buttermilk, cocoa powder, salt, and vanilla extract into the shortening mixture until the liquid ingredients are an even color and texture. | 5. Sift flour into the liquid ingredients until combined. | 6. Pour half the batter into a separate bowl. | 7. Lightly stir red food color into one bowl of batter and green food color into the other bowl of batter. | 8. 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. Pour the red and green batters into the prepared sheet pan in alternating colors. | 10. 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. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
vegetable shortening	1/2	cup		922.5	0.0	0.0	102.5
white sugar	1 1/2	cups		1161.0	299.94	0.0	0.0
egg	2			143.0	0.72	12.56	9.51
buttermilk	1	cup		-	-	-	-
cocoa powder	2	tablespoons	unsweetened	24.624000000000002	6.2532	2.1168	1.4796
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
purpose flour	2 1/2	cups	sifted	-	-	-	-
red food coloring	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
green food coloring	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
baking soda	3/4	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
white vinegar	1 1/2	teaspoons	distilled	1.35	0.003	0.0	0.0
baking soda	3/4	teaspoon		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
white vinegar	1 1/2	teaspoons	distilled	1.35	0.003	0.0	0.0

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.