Red Velvet Cake

By smleonard

Ingredients

• For the Cake:
• 1 cup shortening
• 1-1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 4-1/2 ounce bottles red food coloring (1/4 cup)
• 2-1/4 cups sifted flour
• 2 teaspoons cocoa
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• For the Frosting:
• 1 cup milk
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup margarine
• 1-1/2 cups 10x confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Step 1

For the Cake:

Cream shortening and sugar until fluffy. Add whole eggs, one at a time, beating one minute after each egg. Mix food coloring carefully. Sift together flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda.

Mix buttermilk, vanilla and vinegar to creamed ingredients, alternately add dry and liquid ingredients beginning and ending with flour mixture.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. Makes three 8 inch layers.

For the Frosting:

In a jar, shake milk and flour until smooth. Put in saucepan and cook at medium heat until it thickens and is smooth; stir constantly to cool. Beat together margarine, sugar and vanilla. Add first mixture and beat until smooth and fluffy.