Red Velvet Cake Original Recipes

Ingredients:
1/2 c Shortening
1 1/2 c Sugar
2 oz Red food coloring
2 tb (heaping) Cocoa
1 c Buttermilk
2 1/2 c Cake flour
1 t Vanilla
1 t Salt
1 t Baking soda
1 t Vinegar
2 Eggs
Instruction:
Cream shortening, sugar and eggs. Make a paste of food coloring and cocoa. Add to creamed mixture. Add buttermilk alternating with flour and salt. Add vanilla. Add soda to vinegar (foams!!!), Blend in. Pour into 3 or 4 greased and floured 8-inch cake pans. Bake at 350° F for 24-30 minutes. Split layers, fill and frost with the following frosting
FROSTING: (Everybody uses cream cheese frostings but this is the original recipe.)
6 tb Flour
2 1/4 c Milk
2 1/4 c Sugar
1 1/2 t Vanilla
1 1/2 c Butter, Must be Butter (3 Sticks)
Whisk milk and flour to avoid lumps. Cook flour and milk until very thick, stirring constantly.
Cream sugar, butter and vanilla until very fluffy. Add cooked mixture slowly ( 1 Tbsp at a time). Beat at high speed until very fluffy. Looks and tastes like whipped cream.