Ingredients:

½ cup shortening
1½ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon red liquid vegetable coloring
4 tablespoons cocoa
2 tablespoons hot coffee
1 7/8 cup cake flour (2 cups minus 2 tablespoons)
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 c sour milk or buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla

 Directions:

Cream shortening. Add sugar gradually. Cream until fluffy, blend in well beaten eggs. Mix cocoa, red coloring and hot coffee together to form smooth paste. Blend it into the cream mixture immediately (cocoa mixture tends to stiffen upon standing). Sift flour once before adding to mixture. Add flour alternately with sour milk. Blend vanilla and pour into well greased floured pan. Bake in moderate oven, 350 degrees until toothpick comes out clean.