CAKE
1/2 c Shortening
2 Eggs
1 ts Vanilla
1 ts Salt
2 1/2 c Flour, all purpose; sifted
-2 to 3 times
1 ts Baking soda
1 1/2 c Sugar
1/4 c Food coloring, red
2 tb Cocoa
1 c Buttermilk
1 tb Vinegar
FROSTING
1 c Milk
5 ts Flour, all purpose
1 c Butter
1 c Sugar, powdered; sifted
1 ts Vanilla
CAKE: Cream shortening and sugar till fluffy. Add eggs and beat 1
minute. Add salt, beat. Add vanilla and coloring to buttermilk.
Alternate adding flour and milk mixtures to batter. Combine soda and
vinegar in cup and add to cake batter. Bake in (2) 9″ cake pans at
350F for 25 to 30 minutes. Cool on cake racks.
FROSTING: Cook milk and flour until thick; cool in fridge. Beat
butter, sugar and vanilla with mixer. Add flour and milk mixture a
little at a time (make ahead of cake so that it has plenty of time to
cool). Beat well.
Yields
12 servings