Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
     1/2           cup  shortening
  1 1/2           cups  sugar
  2                     eggs
  2             ounces  red food coloring
  2        tablespoons  cocoa
  2 1/4           cups  cake flour
  1           teaspoon  salt
  1           teaspoon  vanilla
  1           teaspoon  baking soda
  1                cup  buttermilk
  1         tablespoon  vinegar
  1           teaspoon  butter flavoring
                        ***ICING***
  3        tablespoons  flour
  1                cup  butter
  1           teaspoon  vanilla
  1                cup  milk
  1                cup  granulated sugar

Preparation:

Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs. Make a paste with coloring and cocoa and add to mixture. Add salt and flour alternately with buttermilk and vanilla. Alternately add soda and vinegar and do not beat hard, just enough to blend. Pour into 2 8-inch floured and greased cake pans. Bake at 350ø for 30 minutes. Cool, split layers and frost top of each layer, stacking layers as you go. FOR ICING: Cook flour and milk on low heat until thick; cool. Cream sugar, butter and vanilla until fluffy. Add to flour-milk mixture. Continue beating until mixture is like whipped cream.

Nutritional Information:

5872 Calories (kcal); 309g Total Fat; (46% calories from fat); 54g Protein; 742g Carbohydrate; 912mg Cholesterol; 5764mg Sodium