Easy Red Velvet Cake
"This makes the perfect red velvet cake! A double recipe of recipe#90142 works great with this cake --- not sure why some members had so much trouble with this cake, for myself it turned out light, moist and wonderful!"
photo by CoffeeB
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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12-14
ingredients
- 1 (18 ounce) box yellow cake mix (without pudding added)
- 2 tablespoons sifted unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 3 eggs (or use the amount stated on cake mix)
- 1 ounce red food coloring
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
- cream cheese frosting
directions
- Set oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease two 8-inch round cake pans.
- Place the dry cake mix in a large bowl and add in the amount of water suggested on the box, then add in cocoa powder, vinegar, eggs, food colouring and oil; mix all ingredients thoroughly using an electric mixer until well blended.
- Divide into prepared cake pans.
- Bake for for about 25-30 minutes or until cake tests done.
- Cool slightly then invert onto plates, frost as desired.
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Reviews
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I had the same issue as vlynn. I followed the recipe to the tee and got a VERY dense and FLAT cake. It was very hard, too. The directions need to be more specific. The only thing I can think of that I did wrong was that the I should prepared the yellow cake mix the way I normally do and in addition, add the other eggs and vegetable oil mentioned in the recipe. This needs more clarification BIG time. -
I used butter (as my cake box called for, bumping it to half a cup) instead of oil. I almost forgot the eggs...it wasn't until after I poored a VERY dense cake batter into the pan that I realized the eggs were still sitting by waiting to be added. Super light, fluffy and will pass for red velvet - it does't have quite the extra bite of a traditional, but the prep and clean up was WAY easier on a weekday time budget. -
Whipped a batch of these up yesterday for Valentine's Day cupcakes. They were moist & delicious! Topped with buttercream instead of cream cheese frosting. I will be using this recipe again & again! Thank you for sharing! -
I tripled this recipe and it made the perfect half sheet cake, I threw it all in the mixer, (no patience at all), and baked it, turned out perfect. Thanks Kitten, this was a fast easy and delicious recipe. -
These truly say Valentine's Day over and over. I made mine in cupcakes to share for gift-giving for this special day. I did cheat and used a canned cream-cheese frosting. I"m sure your home-made recipe would have taken these up another notch. Moist and delcious!! A true find that was so very easy and tasted just like they were made from scratch. Made for Recipetag in KK's forum!~
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Whipped a batch of these up yesterday for Valentine's Day cupcakes. They were moist & delicious! Topped with buttercream instead of cream cheese frosting. I will be using this recipe again & again! Thank you for sharing!
