Red Velvet Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 c. Crisco
2 eggs
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. cocoa
2 bottles red food coloring
1 Tbsp. vinegar
1 c. buttermilk
2 1/4 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cream shortening, eggs and sugar.
Make a paste of cocoa and food
coloring;
add
to
creamed
mixture.
Sift salt and flour and add to creamed mixture, alternating with the buttermilk.
Add vanilla,
soda and vinegar; blend in.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 30 minutes in layer pans.
Cool and split layers to ice.