Red Velvet Pound Cake

1 1/2 cups butter, softened

3 cups sugar

5 large eggs

3 cups all purpose flour

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp baking soda

1 cup whole buttermilk

1 (1-ounce) bottle red food coloring

1 tsp distilled white vinegar

1 tsp vanilla extract

Cream Cheese Glaze (recipe follows)

Directions: Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted pan (bundt pan).

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add aggs , one at a time, beating well after each addition.

In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda.

In a small bowl, combine buttermilk, food coloring, vinegar, and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Spoon batter into prepared pan, and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and cool completely on a wire rack. Drizzle cake with Cream Cheese Glaze.

Cream Cheese Glaze

1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened

1 1/2 cups powder sugar

1 tablespoon milk

In a small bowl, beat cream cheese at low speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating until combined. Add milk, beating until smooth.

(Sarah's notes: This is a Paula Dean recipe. Mine took longer than 60 minutes to bake. I just kept setting the timer until the toothpick came out clean. For the icing I put it in a ziplock baggie and clipped the corner or the bag so I could drizzle it like the picture)