Dessert (Cake )

Waldorf Astoria Red Cake

Contributor: Opal

30 minutes 350 degrees
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 ozs red food coloring
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 tsp salt
1 cup buttermilk
2 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp soda

Cream shortening and sugar. Add whole eggs and coloring. Sift together flour, salt, cocoa. Add alternately with buttermilk. Beat after addition. Add vanilla. Mix and stir. Fold in vinegar and soda. Bake 350 for half an hour.
Edition: 5