Red velvet pound cake

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       Title: Red Velvet Pound Cake
  Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
       Yield: 1 servings
  
       3 c  Unsifted flour
     3/4 c  Milk
       3 c  Sugar
       1    Bottled red food coloring
     3/4 c  Shortening
       7    Eggs
     1/2 c  Butter
       1 ts Baking powder
       1 tb Vanilla
     1/4 ts Salt
     1/2 c  Cocoa
            Icing
       8 oz Cream cheese; soft
     1/2    Confectioners' sugar
            Plus 2 tb
       1 ts Vanilla
     1/2    Butter; soft
  
   CAKE-Cream sugar, shortening, vanilla, food coloring and
   eggs. Add dry ingredients and milk. Bake in large and
   floured tube pan for 1-1/2 hours at 275~. Turn out of pan
   to cool.
   ICING-Cream together cream cheese, sugar, vanilla and
   butter. Source: Heloise.
  
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