Bakers Wedding Red Velvet Cak

added by Elizabeth Golden

Red Velvet Cake

1/2cup butter

1 1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

2 tablespoons red food coloring

2 tablespoons cocoa

2 1/2 cups flour sifted with

2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1cup buttermilk

1 tablespoon vinegar

Cornstarch Icing

2 tablespoons cornstarch

1cup cold water

1 cup sugar

2/3 cup butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

Cream together butter sugar and eggs in a large bowl. In another bowl cocoa and food coloring, then mix in to creamed mixture. Mix flour, 1 teaspoon salt, and baking soda. Then mix it with the creamed mixture. Add buttermilk, vinegar, 1 teaspoon salt.

Bake at 350* F for 35 min, or until toothpick comes out clean.

While that is baking. Mix cornstarch and cold water in a sauce pan and cook until thick like jelly then cool. Cream together sugar, butter,vanilla then add to cooled cornstarch jelly. Beat on high until fluffy. Spread on cake when cool.

 ~ Remember keep eating.