Grandma's Waldorf-Astoria's Red Cake

1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 oz red food coloring
2 tablespoons cocoa
2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon vinegar

Cream shortening and sugar until light.  Add eggs and mix. Make a paste of coloring and cocoa and add to creamed mixture. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk and vanilla mixed together. Add vinegar and mix gently, do no beat. Pour into 2 greased 8" cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 to 35 minutes.

(See Waldorf Frosting)