Recipe(tried): Red Velvet Cake

Don't know if this is the exact recipe you are looking for, but my grandmother made this cake. I have had this recipe for about 30 years.

Red Velvet Cake

1/2 c. Crisco or margarine
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 c. flour
2 Tbs cocoa
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbs vinegar (reserve)
1 tsp. soda (reserve)
1 c. buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 - 2 oz. bottle red food color

Cream crisco and sugar. Add eggs 1 at a time. Beat til fluffy. Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk. Add vanilla and food color. Beat well. Fold in soda and vinegar which have been mixed together. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes in oblong pan, 30 minutes for 2 round pans.

Frosting

1 stick margarine
1/2 c. Crisco----Cream together then add:
1 c. sugar
3 Tbs. flour - one at a time
2/3 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla

Beat 15 minutes at high speed.