Recipe: Red Velvet

Ingredients

Cake:

• ½ cup shortening
• 1 ½ cups white sugar 
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 4 tablespoons red food coloring
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 ½ cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar

Icing:

• 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup milk 
• 1 cup white sugar 
• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract