Red Velvet Cake

Red Velvet Cake: 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 2 teaspoon cocoa, 1/2 cup crisco shortening, 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 2 eggs, 1 cup buttermilk, 1/4 cup red food coloring, 1 teaspoon salt. Cream crisco,sugar,and eggs keep in separte large bowl. Now you need to use separte bowl (small one) and mix this paste mixture of cocoa,coloring,salt. Slowly add flour to sugar mixture in first bowl.Once again in first bowl add buttermilk and vanilla, mix well. Add paste mixture. Add baking soda. Pour into 2 9" inch Pans that are greased and floured. Bake at 350 degrees until done ( about 35 minutes). When cool, cut them in half crosswiselike this -. Place frosting between the layers. Cover and store. (If in a highly humid climate refrigerate! Now for the MMMMM good frosting: 1 cup white granulated sugar,3 tablespoons flour, 1 cup of milk( i use 2% but recipe calls for whole milk), 2 sticks real butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla( I use white vanilla). Over a low flame or on # 5 on eletric range male a paste of the flour and milk: let cool. It will look like school paste not glue!!! Cream butter. Add sugar and mix well. Then add the flour paste mixture and then add your vanilla. Ice the middles of your cake layers and the outside of your cake. The top side is not suppose to be iced but I always try to stretch enough icing to do it anyway!!!! ENJOY