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Red Velvet Re-Mix

BeanCountingBaker
By: BeanCountingBaker
Posted 03/04/11 • Last updated 03/04/11 • 2451 views • 55 comments

Posted by BeanCountingBaker

The scratch bakers are going to cringe, but I tried a number of Red Velvet variations and never liked the results. This baked beautifully and was moist and full of flavor. I topped it with a ton of cream cheese icing.

Ingredients

  • 1 Ducan Hines Red Velvet cake mix 1 C Flour 1 C Sugar 1 Tbsp Cocoa Powder 1 C Sour Cream 1 C Buttermilk 4 Eggs 2 Tsp Vanilla 1 Tbsp Red Food Coloring

Instructions

Combine dry ingredients in one bowl and set aside. Combine liquid ingredients and eggs in a seperate bowl beat until smooth then add to dry ingredients by thirds. Pour into prepared pan and bake until done. I generally bake at 325 but had other things in the oven first and forgot to turn it down from 350. This recipe is patterned after a WASC cake and makes the equivalent amount of cake. Enjoy

Comments (55)

Jeff_Arnett 3/4/11 at 2:46pm
Just curious....no oil or butter in the recipe?
cuacua 3/4/11 at 3:17pm
I was wondering the same, no oil or butter in the recipe?
GeorgiaC 3/4/11 at 4:40pm
If you look at a WASC recipe, they don't have oil or butter either http://cakecentral.com/recipes/7445/the-original-wasc-cake-recipe
martinez73 3/4/11 at 5:37pm
maybe not because of the sour cream and buttermilk. I was wondering the same.
cmeventcoordinator 3/4/11 at 6:06pm
Interesting, I'll have to try it the next time I have a red velvet to do. I usually start with boxes too, and doctor them up :) Seems that when I go to tastings, people are liking mine better than others that they have tried (both box makers and scratch makers). Not sure what I am doing differently :)
PattiCakesPattiCakes 3/4/11 at 7:40pm
how much batter does this make?
Cayke 3/5/11 at 3:28am
Add 1/3 cup of oil I just made strawberry version of this I found in cc - perfect!
kmhopkins 3/6/11 at 11:07am
Just made this cake. I did use 1/3 c. oil. It turned out just perfect.baked at 325, 6 x2 for 35 minutes. 8x3 for 50 minutes.
shirley1956 3/6/11 at 11:18am
I cannot get the red velvet cake mix here.Just wondering if you can use a devils food cake mix and still use the same ingredients
cakedout 3/8/11 at 10:58am
Shirley: I would say yes, you can easily start with a Devil's Food Cake. You will need to add more Red Food Coloring (1 or 2 T?), and can omit the cocoa powder.
colababy 3/8/11 at 11:21am
I would have to try this one. You know I was used to making cakes from scratch, then I started making cakes with the box mix and now sometime when I make a scratchh cake it don't turn out right. I think it's the new stove.
jenncowin 3/8/11 at 2:58pm
I have an order for a Red Velvet this week, so I'm going to try this one.
KodiSnip 3/10/11 at 6:02pm
I tried it. I added 1/3 cup oil. baked at 350. Really good! I really like this recipe! it's somewhere in between a scratch RV (which is dry) and a box. My cakes came out really moist and tasty. This is now my go to RV recipe. Thanks beancountingbaker! :D
CakesbyGeorge 3/13/11 at 10:45am
If you use a Devil's Food mix you will end up with a doctored chocolate cake colored red. Red Velvet is not a chocolate cake. It would be better to use a German Chocolate mix.
whisperingmadcow 3/13/11 at 2:00pm
I tried this recipe and it didn't work for me at all! First let me say that I live in Colorado so baking cakes is always a struggle for me. When I make modified cake mixes I always start by doing what is on the back of the box for high altitude and then doing the mods after. So ducan hines says add 1/4 cup flour to the mix. I also added 1/3 cup of oil like everyone suggested. My cake was super dense, super dry and just not really a cake at all. So its back to the drawing board for this high altitude baker.
samia-nadeem 3/13/11 at 8:05pm
Thankyou so much for this recipe!!!
JaLa90016 3/14/11 at 5:20pm
I have used the exact recipe and it comes out great everytime!!
jenncowin 3/15/11 at 9:18am
I baked this one last week, added the 1/3 c of oil and it turned out great, baked beautifully! Customer e-mailed and said that the cake was amazing! THank you for sharing your recipe!
CakeRN 3/16/11 at 6:39pm
I tried this recipe and took it to work. I have never had a Red Velvet cake before and so I was unable to judge if this was a good cake recipe. I asked my co workers for HONEST feedback and everyone loved it. One of the docs tried it and she said " now I assume that was made from scratch"...and I said "nope...box mix with added things. To me Red Velvet is rather tasteless but everyone else loved it so it's a keeper.
CakeRN 3/16/11 at 6:41pm
oh and now I just need a Really good Cream Cheese icing from somebody. Anyone? PM me if you have one...thanks.
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