I am entering my first cake "contest". It is something my hubby's work is doing and it will include all sweets. It is nothing major just for fun so no stress. BUT I want to make something great that look awesome.

I have my Christmas themed design all worked out but I am having issues with coming up with a cake flavor combo. I am using a 10" square cake and would like to alternate colors of cakes, red and green. I plan to torte each cake to get a more layered effect. For the red cake I want to do red velvet but having issues knowing what other cake flavor to combine with it and what filling will work great for both. Any suggestions?

Also I plan to bake 3 = 10" square cakes, torte and fill to hopefully get roughly a 9" tall cake. Do you think I need to put an extra cake board in there somewhere? I plan to use support to help the height but unsure on an extra board and if so where?

Thanks in advance for any help!

You can't go wrong with red velvet and cream cheese frosting , I'm a fan of Paula deans cream cheese frosting but I would omit one cup of confectioners sugar as it calls for four, but I think it's to sweet that way .but by doing so the frosting ends up tasting like a cheese cake ! It's amazing . You could also try strawberry butter cream with red velvet or with a deep dark cocolate cake flavor .

Maybe try a green pistachio pudding cake. Nice nutty flavor and the green color. I think it would go well with the red velvet. Good luck.

I would just use a white chocolate buttercream (goes just as good with red velvet as cream cheese does) and alternate your red velvet cake layers with a sweet vanilla bean cake colored green.

You can make a green velvet...Now a days what makes a red velvet red is food coloring, I've seen blue and green velvets...so you wouldn't have to change the cake flavor. I like classic buttercream flavors with red velvet. The cake doesn't have a dominant flavor and it can easily be over powered by a strong frosting flavor.

Thanks everyone... I made the red velvet from scratch and then white velvet doctored cake and dyed it green. So far it looks great together. I plan to use the white chocolate buttercream as someone suggested. I found a recipe on here but have never made it so hoping I get the flavor and consistency I want from it.

I will post pics when it is finished.

Just wanted to share my finished cake with you all that helped... thanks again!

http://cakecentral.com/gallery/2231828