Waldorf Astoria Red Cake

Ingredients

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

Equipment

• oven

Directions

1. Cream together the shortening, sugar, and eggs.
2. Make a paste with food coloring and cocoa.
3. Add to shortening mixture.
4. Add salt and buttermilk to mixture.
5. Next add flour, vanilla, vinegar, and baking soda in that order.
6. Mix.
7. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) in two 8 inch round greased and floured cake pans.
8. Let cool.
9. To Make Frosting: Cook 5 tablespoons flour and 1 cup milk until thick, and then cool.
10. Cream together 1 cup confectioners' sugar, 1 cup butter or margarine and 1 teaspoon vanilla 'til fluffy.
11. Add to flour mixture.
12. Cut layers of cake in half lengthwise.
13. Spread frosting on each half layer. Stack and frost over all.