Red Velvet Cake

Submitted by xtine

"A moist cake with a subtle chocolate flavor. If you want to go food-coloring crazy, you can dye the icing green and you'll have a super-retro Christmas cake...."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
• 4 eggs
• 1 ounce red food coloring
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup cold milk
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package instant vanilla pudding
• 1 (8 ounce) container Cool Whip

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Grease and flour cake pans.
3. Mix together cake mix, 1 box pudding mix, eggs, oil, food coloring, water, vinegar & cocoa. Pour into prepared cake pans.
4. Bake @ 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
5. Beat together milk and cream cheese. Mix in 1 box pudding mix. Fold in cool whip. Refrigerate until firm.
6. Ice cake.

Reviews

[cyaos]

I followed your suggestion and added green icing to make this a retro Christmas cake. This was pretty good and my guests enjoyed it. I would like to try and make it without the cake mix sometime but the pudding to the cake mix was a nice addition that I will have to remember for other cakes mixes when I am feeling lazy. The icing was the perfect compliment - not to sticky sweet. Thanks for sharing!