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Quick Red Velvet Cake

Enjoy this red colored cake that's made with Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® cake mix and layered with frosting--a delicious dessert treat.

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Prep Time 40 min
Total Time 2 hr 45 min
Servings 16

Ingredients

Cake

1: box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® German chocolate cake mix

1: cup water

1/2: cup sour cream

1/4: cup vegetable oil

3: eggs

2: tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa

1: bottle (1 oz) red food color

Frosting

1/2: cup Gold Medal® all-purpose flour

1 1/2: cups milk

1 1/2: cups sugar

1 1/2: cups butter or margarine, softened

1: tablespoon vanilla

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans, or spray with baking spray with flour. In large bowl, beat cake ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, then on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour batter into pans.
2 Bake 31 to 36 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling rack. Cool completely.
3 Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, cook flour and milk over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is very thick. Cover surface with plastic wrap; cool to room temperature.
4 In large bowl, beat sugar and butter with electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy. Gradually add flour mixture by tablespoonfuls, beating until smooth. Beat in vanilla.
5 Place 1 cake layer, top side down, on serving plate; spread with 1 cup frosting. Top with second layer, top side up. Frost side and top of cake with frosting. Store in refrigerator.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Cake mix makes this favorite very easy, but everyone knows it's the frosting that makes this cake fabulous--and that's still made from scratch. Enjoy the cake with flavored coffees like amaretto or hazelnut.

SuperMoist® devil's food cake mix can also be used for a dark red velvet cake; omit cocoa.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 320
Calories from Fat: 210),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 24g; 24%
(Saturated Fat 13g, 13% Trans Fat 1g 1% ),
Cholesterol: 90mg; 90%;
Sodium: 170mg; 170%;
Total Carbohydrate: 24g; 24%
(Dietary Fiber 0g 0% Sugars 21g 21% ),
Protein: 3g; 3%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 15%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 6%;
Iron: 2%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

1 1/2

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 9/28/2012 7:19:54 PM REPORT ABUSE

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Your atircle perfectly shows what I needed to know, thanks!

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Posted 6/21/2012 4:18:28 PM REPORT ABUSE vc123 said:

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i thought that the recipe was very confusing to follow. I didn't realize that you weren't supposed to use the ingredients on the german chocolate cake box and ended up doing double ingredients and the icing was very tasty but unusual for red velvet cake. My cake ended up being terrible. I will try the recipe again another time and hopefully get it right, but i won't be using the icing. My cake wasn't red, but it was brown.

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Posted 2/4/2012 11:29:41 PM REPORT ABUSE ruthiebaker said:

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Icing was really bad. I had to add a ton of powdered sugar to it to even get it thick enough to stay on the cake. The flavor of the icing was not good at all. Tasted like butter with flour on it. I would suggest making a different icing for this cake.

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