Easy Red Velvet

By pinkbox

I had tried several Red Velvet cakes…scratch and cake mix and this is one that I have settled on that has the best results and the most rave reviews. It is a deep red color and delicious with cream cheese icing, or Kahlua added in lieu of half or all of the water for a twist. You can add a teaspoon of cinnamon for another delicious version. I used the WASC Rebecca Sutterby version as my base and tweaked from there.

Easy Red Velvet

Ingredients

2 boxes French Vanilla cake mix (white cake mix will work well too)
2 cups flour (290g)
2 cups granulated sugar (444g)
1-1/2 tsp salt (12g)
1 cup Ghiradelli Sweet Ground Chocolate (1 cup chocolate cake mix will work too)
2-2/3 cup water
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups (16 oz) sour cream
6 eggs
1 jar (1 oz) Wilton No Taste Red

Instructions

Place all dry ingredients together and blend. Add remaining ingredients and mix on medium about 2 minutes. Bake at 325 until done.
Makes
Rounds
One 14″ and one 6″
One 16″
One 12″ and one 10″
One 12″, one 8″ and one 6″
Two 8″ and two 6″ easily
Two 9″ and one 8″