Mom's Easy Red Velvet Cake
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Using a cake mix and a few more ingredients makes this recipe easy and delicious.
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Serves:
- Units:
8
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ingredients
- 1 (18 ounce) box white cake mix or (18 ounce) box yellow cake mix
- 1 (3 1/2 ounce) box instant chocolate fudge pudding
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1⁄3 cup oil
- 4 extra large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 (1 ounce) bottle red food coloring
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Icing
- 1 (16 ounce) container cream cheese frosting
- 1⁄4 cup crushed pecans or 1/4 cup walnuts
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Mix all ingredients and pour the batter into 2 8 or 9-inch round cake pans.
- Time and bake cakes according to the cake mix directions.
- Let cakes cool and icing layers with the cream cheese frosting then sprinkle the top with the crushed pecans or the walnuts.
- Enjoy!
- Note: If you use a yellow or white cake mix the red color of the cake is more intense, but I use chocolate for the flavor.
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I was all excited to find this easy recipe and immediately tried it because I was anxious for a red velvet cake with less bother. Well, I followed the directions as written, except my box cake was a red velvet cake and I did not add red food coloring, otherwise, I did everything as the recipe called for. I baked it and it came out of the oven looking beautiful. It got exceptionally high in the cake pan; however, I turned my back a few minutes and looked at the cake again only to see it had fallen very much, so much it was a little better than an inch high. What did I do to cause this? I iced the cake with a cream cheese icing and we ate it. It tasted OK, but it looked like a red brownie instead of a piece of cake.Reply
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After reading the reviews, I made this cake for my daughter's 5th bday party. I doubled the recipe. I was a lil nervous, but it came out awesome. Everyone loved it. The only thing I did differently was that I added 2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips, and I made my own cream cheese frosting. Moist and delicious! When you warm it in the micro, the chips and cream cheese melt. YUMMY!!1Reply
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My first red velvet cake and it was fantastic! I used a white cake mix, 5 large eggs since I didn't have XL eggs and lots of red food coloring. I also added a bit of extra flour and some water (for high-altitude baking.) Made cream cheese frosting from another recipe and topped with chopped pecans. Yummy! (By the way, this cake was made for a crowd of Southerners on Christmas and they all gave it their seal of approval.)Reply
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