Waldorf Astoria Red Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 ounces red food coloring
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• cream together the shortening, sugar, and eggs.
• make a paste with food coloring and cocoa. add to shortening mixture.
• add salt and buttermilk to mixture.
• next add flour, vanilla, vinegar, and baking soda in that order. mix.
• bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) in two 8 inch round greased and floured cake pans. let cool.
• to make frosting: cook 5 tablespoons flour and 1 cup milk until thick, and then cool.
• cream together 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 1 cup butter or margarine and 1 teaspoon vanilla 'til fluffy. add to flour mixture.
• cut layers of cake in half lengthwise. spread frosting on each half layer. stack and frost over all.