RED VELVET CAKE WITH CORNSTARCH ICING

Red Velvet Cake with Cornstarch Icing image

Provided by My Food and Family

Categories Recipes

Number Of Ingredients 19

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Ingredients

1 units cake
0.5 cups crisco
1.5 cups sugar
2 units eggs
2 tablespoons cocoa
2 ounces red food coloring
1 cups buttermilk
2.25 cups cake flour
1 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoons vinegar
1 units icing
0.25 cups cornstarch
0.25 teaspoons salt
1 cups milk
1 cups crisco
1 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla

Steps:

CAKE
Cream Crisco, sugar and eggs. Make a paste of cocoa and food coloring and add to creamed mixture. Add buttermilk, flour, salt and vanilla. Mix baking soda and vinegar in a separate cup and blend into mixture (Don’t Over Beat).
Put into 2 each flour/greased 8" cake pans or 1 each 9"x13" pan. Bake 24 to 30 minutes at 350°F.
ICING
Cook cornstarch, salt and milk until thick (stir constantly). Let thickened mixture cool or place in fridge for 30 minutes. Cream Crisco, sugar and vanilla until fluffy (about 5 minutes). Add cornstarch and beat until fluffy.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 0 g, Fat 0 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, TransFat 0 g, Cholesterol 0 g, Sodium 0 g, Carbohydrate 0 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugar 0 g, Protein 0 g