Red Velvet Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 (1 oz.) bottles red food coloring
3 Tbsp. Nestle Quik
1/2 c. Crisco
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 1/4 c. plain flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 Tbsp. vinegar

Preparation

Mix the food coloring and Nestle Quik together and set aside. Cream the Crisco and sugar.
Beat in the eggs. Add the coloring paste and beat a long time, until smooth.
Combine the flour, salt and soda and sift 3 times.
Mix the buttermilk with the vanilla. Alternate with flour and add to the first mixture.
Add the vinegar and mix by hand.
Bake in 3 layers at 350\u00b0 for about 25 minutes.