Does anyone have a recipe for a red velvet cake that works well in large size layers?

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I used this recipe for a wedding cake w/o any problems. Bottom tier was 14 inches.

Red Velvet Cake

Note: this is a recipe that I developed; please credit me when sharing with others! Thanks, Promise Whitley

Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), room temp  ½ cup Crisco
1 and ½ cups granulated white sugar    
3 large eggs, room temp
1 envelope Dream Whip        
1 and ½ cups buttermilk, room temp
1 teaspoon vanilla extract      
1 ounce (1 tablespoon) red food color
2 and ½ cups cake flour (I use Swans Down)  
¼ cup cocoa powder (I use Hersheys)
1 teaspoon salt          
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 tablespoon white vinegar

Preheat oven to 350

Cream butter and shortening, then add sugar and beat until light and fluffy
Beat in eggs, one at a time
Beat in Dream Whip, buttermilk, vanilla extract and food coloring
Over wax paper, sift together flour, salt and cocoa
Add flour mixture slowly to the wet ingredient and bet to combine
In a small bowl, combine baking soda and vinegar, stirring until baking soda dissolves then add to batter and beat the batter on high for 3 minutes.
For an 8 or 9 inch round cake, divide between 3 prepared pans (I use Pam with Flour)
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes, check for doneness with toothpick
Cool for 10 minutes in pans then turn out on wire racks and cool completely before frosting
Ice with Cream Cheese Frosting or Flour Frosting
Garnish sides with either flake coconut or toasted chopped pecans (optional)

prterrell, thanks so much for posting this! Where can you purchase Dream Whip from? Or can you substitute it for something else? Just wondering, thanks!

Kristin

You can purchase Dream Whip at most grocery stores. It comes in a small box and then has 2 or 4 envelopes of the dry powder per box. At least that's how it is around my area (Minnesota)

Dream Whip is usually in the baking aisle near the Jello stuff. This cake sounds really good, and it doesn't seem to use quite as much coloring as some others. Does it still have a nice color of red?

I've always made mine from scratch until another lady brought one to a luncheon. It was great! ~ and so simple!

1 box Duncan Hines Red Velvet cake mix
ingredients listed on cake mix
1 small box chocolate instant pudding
1 bottle red food coloring


Add pudding to cake mix and mix well. Add remaining ingredients listed on DH box and mix as directed. Stir in food coloring. Bake as directed on box.

If she hadn't told me it was a box cake mix I would never have known it.

I suggest my family recipe in the recipe section on CC -it's called Sarah's red velvet - it has a phenomonal taste, I haven't found any other RVC -either boxed or scratch that comes close to matching this cake in texture, or taste.

In regard to the frosting...sadly the icing would not really be the best for wedding cake, a nice buttercream would be an okay back up...but never cream cheese frosting. Blech

HELP!!
There was a posting for a doctored RV mix. I think it was something like:

1 box mix, 4 eggs, replace water with milk, 1 packet of choc pudding.

can someone confirm this for me (or correct me). I made that recipe for a bride and I have the cake coming up but can't find the recipe.
TIA!

Anyone?

i have tried newleywed's recipe.. its delish.. I make bot that one and paula deens recipe..

in regards to the witlon coloring, it seems very concentrated so u may not be cutting down on the amount of coloring in the mix.