Instructions: Cream shortening and sugar. Make a paste of cocoa and food coloring and add to mixture. Add eggs and vanilla. Sift salt and flour. Add alternately to mixture with buttermilk. Fold in soda and vinegar. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes in 3 round greased and floured pans.

Frosting

3 Tbsp flour
1 c milk
1 c sugar
1 c butter
1 Tbsp vanilla

Cook flour and milk until thick. Cool. Cream sugar and butter 15 minutes or until almost white. Add cooked ingredients and vanilla and beat until its like whipped cream. Frost cake. Refrigerate.

The above cake is the ultimate, but if you do not have the time to make a scratch cake, the following cake is a good substitute.

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