Spiced Red Velvet Cake - Spice Islands

Ingredients

• 2 ¼ C. cake flour
• 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
• 1 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Powder
• 1 tsp. Clabber Girl® Baking Soda
• ½ tsp. coarse salt
• 1 ½ tsp. Spice Islands® Ground Saigon Cinnamon
• ¾ tsp. Spice Islands® Ground Ginger
• ¾ tsp. Spice Islands® Ground Cloves
• 1 C. buttermilk
• 2 Tbsp. red food coloring (if using gel food coloring, cut to 1 Tbsp.)
• 2 tsp. Spice Islands® Pure Vanilla Extract
• 1 tsp. white vinegar
• 1 C. granulated sugar
• ½ C. unsalted butter, softened
• 2 eggs
• 9 C. powdered sugar, sifted
• 3 Tbsp. meringue powder
• Water
• Food coloring
• 1 C. Crisco® All-Vegetable Shortening
• 1 lb. powdered sugar, sifted
• ¼-3/4 C. milk