Ravishing Red Velvet Cake

• Cake:
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon butter flavored extract
• 4 tablespoons red food coloring
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• Cream Cheese Frosting:
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, room temperature
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round pans.
2. Beat shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing until fully incorporated. Stir in butter flavoring. Make a paste with food coloring and cocoa and add to the shortening mixture.
3. Mix buttermilk, salt, baking soda and vinegar; add to batter alternating with the flour mixture.
4. Divide batter into prepared pans. Bake in preheated oven until cake springs back when touched lightly with a finger or tester comes out clean, 20 to 30 minutes. Cook completely on wire rack.
5. To Make Cream Cheese Frosting: beat butter and cream cheese with an electric mixer until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix until well blended.

shortening, white sugar, eggs, butter, red food coloring, cocoa, buttermilk, salt, flour, white vinegar, baking soda, cream cheese frosting, butter, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/7945/ravishing-red-velvet-cake/ (may not work)