Cream:
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 1 1/2 cups sugar (less 2 Tablespoons in Denver)
Add: 2 eggs
Make a paste of 2 oz red coloring (or 1 oz and a little water) and 2 rounded Tablespoons cocoa powder.
Add creamed mixture.
Sift: 2 1/4 C cake flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt
Add: alternately with 1 cup buttermilk
Add: 1 teaspoon baking soda dissolved in 1 Tablespoon vinegar
Add: 1 teaspoon vanilla
Bake in 2 layers at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Cool. Split each layer in two.
Frosting
In jar shake 1 cup milk and 5 Tablespoons flour until smooth. Cook until very thick like whipped cream, stirring constantly. Add 1 teaspoon coconut or vanilla flavoring. Cool.
Beat 1 cup granulated sugar with 1/2 cup butter. Beat with a mixer until creamy.
Add milk mixture to sugar and butter mixture. Mix until creamy and consistency of whipped cream.
If you beat a while and it still isn’t thick enough Grandma Morgenegg says you can add some powdered sugar to it.
Frost between all layers and on top and sides.