Description:

Lush and delicious

Source:

Danielle

Serves/Makes:1 9 inch layer cake

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup (125 ml) shortening
• 2 eggs
• 2 oz (56 grm). red food coloring
• 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla
• 2-1/2 cups (600 ml) cake flour
• 1 tsp (5 ml) vinegar
• 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) sugar
• 2 tsp (10 ml) cocoa
• 1 tsp (5 ml) salt
• 1 cup (225 ml) buttermilk
• 1-1/2 tsp (7 ml) soda

Preparation

• Cream shortening and sugar.
• Add eggs.
• Make a paste of cocoa and food coloring and add to the creamed mixture.
• Mix with salt and vanilla with the buttermilk.
• Add alternately with the flour to the creamed mixture.
• Mix soda and vinegar and fold into the mixture.
• Bake in two 9 inch pans for 30 minutes at 350 degrees (175 C.).

Comments

This is another one of my mom's specialties. We had this on special occasions. She usually frosted it with a white fluffy frosting.