Red Velvet Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cocoa
1 tsp. baking powder
1 oz. red food coloring
1 c. shortening
2 c. cake flour
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vinegar

Preparation

Cream sugar and shortening.
Add eggs and beat well.
Sift flour, salt and cocoa 3 times.
Mix buttermilk, vinegar and food coloring together.
Add alternately with flour mixture.
Beat well.
Fold in soda.
Do not beat soda.
Bake in 3 greased and floured cake pans at 350\u00b0 for 30 minutes, then ice.