Assembling this decadent layer cake made of buttermilk cocoa powder and a heavy dose of red food coloring requires its own tender loving care you might as well get a little help from your preferred cake brand.
Red velvet cake box mix best.
Prevent browning the edges red velvet cake doesn t look or taste nearly as good when the edges of the cake become brown and dry while cooking.
1 stick butter 1 2 cup 1 tbsp vinegar.
In a large bowl prepare the red velvet cake batter.
1 tsp baking soda.
1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar.
Red velvet out of the box cake this doctored red velvet cake mix is better than one made cake from scratch.
The single box of mix provides plenty of options too.
1 8 ounce package cream cheese.
Preheat oven to 375 f 190 c.
1 cup cold milk.
In a separate bowl combine cream cheese powdered sugar and vanilla stirring until there are no lumps.
The much easier and just as flavorful solution is to use a boxed cake mix like this one by betty crocker.
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder.
Ingredients 1 box yellow cake mix sifted 15 25 box mix plus 6 tablespoons 45g flour i used duncan hines classic yellow mix 1 2 cup 100g granulated sugar 5 tablespoons 24g unsweetened cocoa powder i sift the cocoa then measure or weight 1 2 cup 107g vegetable oil 3 large eggs 2.
Red velvet cake mix buttercream vanilla ice cream milk red food coloring and 2 more guinness red velvet cake tablespoon large eggs cream cheese frosting unsweetened baking cocoa guinness and 4 more.
The pudding sour cream and buttermilk make a dense bakery style cake.
1 ounce red food coloring.
If you re looking for an easy last minute dessert these boxed cake mix recipes are your best friend.
You simply stir the mix with water egg and oil then bake.
You won t need to use any unconventional or messy dyes to achieve that perfect deep red hue.
Here are the cake mixes available in stores or online.
8 duncan hines red velvet.
Mix in a couple dollops of sour cream to add a tangy taste typical of red velvet cake or stir one box of dry vanilla instant pudding with the batter to make the cake extra moist.
1 1 oz bottle red food coloring.