2 1/2 cup cake mix  
1 1/2 cups of sugar  
1 3/4 cups of cooking oil
1 cup buttermilk      
2 eggs                      
1 teaspoon cocoa    
  1 teaspoon vanilla      
     1 teaspoon vinegar      
1 teaspoon soda      
                           1-1 ounce bottle of red food coloring

Mix all together. Grease and flour
three 9 inch cake pans.
Bake about 25 minutes in 350 degree oven. 
Let 
cake completely cool before you ice.