Ingredients
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vinegar
1/2 cup Crisco
1 1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 teaspoons vanilla
1 oz. red food coloring
2 tablespoon cocoa
2 1/4 cup flour
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup black walnuts
Directions
Mix baking soda and vinegar in a cup together. Cream Crisco and sugar until light and fluffy; add eggs, coloring and vanilla.
Sift dry ingredients together; add alternately with buttermilk to creamed mixture. Add the baking soda and vinegar and beat again, fold in black walnuts.
Pour into angel food cake pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes in 350° preheated oven. Remove from oven, let rest on rack 10 minutes. Run knife around edges before flipping into a plate. Frost as desired.