Ingredients

• ½ cup Crisco
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 oz. red food coloring
• 2 tbsp water
• 2 tbsp. cocoa
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 ½ cup flour
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. vinegar
• 1 tsp. baking soda

Steps

1. Cream shortening & sugar + add eggs. Beat well
2. Make paste of cocoa + food coloring. Add to above.
3. Sift flour & salt + add alternately with buttermilk, water + vanilla to flour mix 
4. Blend well, add vinegar and stir (do not beat).
5. Bake 35 to 40 min. at 350°F in 2 9 in cake pans or 3 pans.

 

Icing

• 6 tbsp flour
• 1 ½ cups milk
• 3 sticks butter
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 1 ½ tsp Vanilla
• Red food coloring can be added if desired

 

Steps

1. Mix flour + milk, cook till thick. Stir till cool.
2. Cream sugar, vanilla & butter until fluffy.
3. Add to above mixture
4. Beat 10 to 15 min.