Recipe for Waldorf Astoria Cake:

Ingredients for cake:
3/4 cup Crisco
2 1/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
3/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups flour
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 1/2 ounces red food coloring
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
3/4 teaspoon butter flavoring
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 Tablespoons cocoa
1 1/2 Tablespoons vinegar

Ingredients for icing:
1 1/2 cups sweet milk
1/3 cup flour
1 1/2 cups Crisco
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 teaspoons vanilla
3/4 teaspoon butter flavoring
Pinch of salt

Cream sugar and Crisco until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, then beat 2 minutes with mixer speed set on 3. Do this after each egg. Add coloring, vanilla, and butter flavoring. Sift flour, cocoa and salt and add to Crisco and sugar mixture and beat on no. 2 speed of mixer until very smooth. Last, add soda to vinegar and fold into batter by hand. Do not beat. Bake in three separate round** 9-inch spring form pans at 350F degrees. Check at 20 minutes with toothpick. Do not overcook.

Icing** - add milk to flour very slowly and cook until thick. Cover and cool. Beat sugar and Crisco until fluffy. Add cooled mixture, vanilla, salt and butter flavoring. Beat until fluffy and sugar is ALL dissolved. Test by taste. This frosting stays soft and cake should be refrigerated.

** Ice each round cake before stacking. Then ice entire cake once stacked. 3 layers.

Yummy!!