Red Velvet Cake

Ingredients:

• 2-1/2 Cups cake flour
• 1 Cup vegetable shortening
• 1-1/2 Cups sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 tsp Cocoa powder
• 2 Ounces red food coloring
• 1 Cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp Baking soda
• 1 tsp Vinegar
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 1 tsp Salt
• White frosting

For White Frosting:

• 2 tbsp Flour
• 1 Cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 Cup milk
• 1 Cup unsalted butter
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract

Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. In a bowl of a mixer, cream together the shortening, sugar and eggs.
3. Take a separate bowl and combine together the cocoa and food coloring.
4. Combine this paste with the shortening mixture.
5. Sift flour and salt together over the parchment.
6. Combine the shortening mixture to the flour batter alternately with the buttermilk in 3 additions.
7. Add the vanilla extract to it and fold in the baking soda and vinegar.
8. Transfer the batter into 2 greased 9 inch cake pans and bake for about 30 minutes till an inserted cake tester comes out clean.
9. Let it cool on a cooling rack and reverse the cakes from the pans.
10. For frosting, cook the flour and milk on medium flame, until thickened.
11. Let it cool, meanwhile in the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter, vanilla and sugar till light and fluffy.
12. Combine it with the flour mixture, mix well.
13. Frost the top of the first layer with frosting and place the second layer on the top.
14. Frost the entire cake with rest of the frosting.