Red Velvet Cake Recipe

This recipe is from  https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/9295/red-velvet-cake/
​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

DirectionsInstructions Checklist

• Step 1Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9-inch round pans.
  
• Step 2Beat shortening and 1 1/2 cups sugar until very light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well.
  
• Step 3Make a paste of cocoa and red food coloring; add to creamed mixture. Mix salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and buttermilk together. Add the flour to the batter, alternating with the buttermilk mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Mix soda and vinegar and gently fold into cake batter. Don't beat or stir the batter after this point.
  
• Step 4Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven until a tester inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool cakes completely on wire rack.
  
• Step 5To Make Icing: Cook 5 tablespoons flour and milk over low heat till thick, stirring constantly. Let cool completely! While mixture is cooling, beat 1 cup sugar, butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla until light and fluffy. Add cooled flour mixture and beat until frosting is a good spreading consistency. Frost cake layers when completely cool.
  

Nutrition FactsPer Serving:
513 calories; protein 5.8g 12% DV; carbohydrates 66.6g 22% DV; fat 25.7g 40% DV; cholesterol 74.1mg 25% DV; sodium 502.5mg 20% DV.