Hi
I have been asked to make a red velvet cake for next weekend. I will be using a red velvet boxed cake mix. I am wondering what kind of frosting to use for it? Is a cream cheese frosting usually used, or is buttercream a good choice? I have no idea! Thanks in advance for any advice/suggestions.
Definitely cream cheese, though I've never made a box mix red velvet. I use cake man raven's recipe - it's really great. There's even a recipe for the frosting: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sara-moulton/southern-red-velvet-cake-recipe/index.html
The traditional Red Velvet Cake icing is the best and it isn't cream cheese. 
I'm a southern girl as well and I just prefer the traditional icing. I'm not crazy about cream cheese icing but my daughter insist on it for her cakes.
I also have a Christmas birthday. Well, two days after Christmas and more than not that was the cake that I got for my birthday. It was my grandmother's recipe and she always made my cake. Probably why it's what I like the best on my red velvet.
As you can see, RVC fans can be pretty definite in what type of icing they like.
Perhaps you should ask your RVC recipient which type they prefer.
Here are some popular CC recipes for doctored RVC, cream cheese and cooked (Mary Kay) type icings:
http://cakecentral.com/recipes/7573/red-velvet-redux-easy-durable
http://cakecentral.com/recipes/2047/crusting-cream-cheese-icing
http://cakecentral.com/recipes/6817/wedding-crusting-cream-cheese-frosting
http://cakecentral.com/recipes/7376/mary-kay-icing
HTH
It's a cooked icing made with sugar, flour, milk, butter and vanilla.
I suppose either cream cheese or vanilla would work well. In the area where I grew up in Georgia, cream cheese was the traditional frosting to use. Yum!
It's a cooked icing made with sugar, flour, milk, butter and vanilla.
sometimes referred to as Mary kay Icing too
But yeah/
OK, thanks so much for that info. I know this recipe. The cake I am making is a graduation cake and I will want to decorate it. I'm not sure if this Mary Kay Icing can be used as anything other than frosting though - no borders and such, right? Does anyone know if fondant can be combined with this recipe (i.e. if I cut stripes and letters out of fondant and apply to the iced cake?)
Just curious since we are talking about RVC, if there is a good crusting cream cheese icing??
It's a cooked icing made with sugar, flour, milk, butter and vanilla.
sometimes referred to as Mary kay Icing too
But yeah/OK, thanks so much for that info. I know this recipe. The cake I am making is a graduation cake and I will want to decorate it. I'm not sure if this Mary Kay Icing can be used as anything other than frosting though - no borders and such, right? Does anyone know if fondant can be combined with this recipe (i.e. if I cut stripes and letters out of fondant and apply to the iced cake?)
I read on another thread on cc today that someone said you could pipe this icing and decorate with it. Of course it isn't a crusting icing. I don't know about the fondant applications though maybe someone that does will see your post.
Yep. You can pipe and decorate with it, even make roses. The recipe that I used, which I found here
http://www.ourbestbites.com/2008/09/perfect-cupcake-frosting-and-filling.html
can be left overnight at room temp.
Thank you so much......I must have missed them the first time 
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