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.