Ingrients & Directions
1/2 c Shortening
1 ts Vanilla
1 1/2 c Sugar
2 tb Cocoa
2 Eggs
1 ts Salt
2 oz Red food color
1 ts Baking soda
1 c Buttermilk
1 tb Vinegar
2 1/4 c Flour
Heat oven to 350. Grease and flour two 9″ cake pans. Cream
shortening and sugar. Add eggs and continue beating hard. Make a
paste of food coloring and cocoa, add to mixture and continue to beat
hard. Add salt and flour alternately with buttermilk. Add vanilla
and beat hard. Add vinegar to soda, then BLEND into mixture (don’t
beat). Pour into greased and floured cake pans and bake 20 – 30
minutes.
Yields
1 Servings