How good is bc icing on red velvet cake? And does anyone have a recipe suggestion for the rv cake? I'm not sure if I want to make it from scratch or try the Duncan Hines brand....any suggestions would be appreciated! Thank you!!

I"m sure buttercream would be fine on red velvet. Most people make it with a cream cheese icing. I think there was a recent request for a red velvet recipe. I'll see if I can find it.....I think it was in the recipe request forum.

It is from Jean Pare's Company's Coming Millenium Edition Cookbook. You can pipe the icing through your icing bags and tips and it is wonderful to work with. This is the true Red Velvet Cake Icing - although many folks do use cream cheese icing on it.
Red Velvet Cake Recipe
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. cocoa
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup butter or hard margarine like Parkay or Imperial squares, softened
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs
2 ounces red food colouring - most folks use the old vegetable food colourings like you use to colour Easter Eggs.
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. white vinegar

Method:
Cake
Cream butter or margarine until softened and add sugar and continue creaming on low. Add eggs, one at a time. Add food colouring and vanilla. In separate bowl, stir together flour, salt, cocoa and add this mixture alternately with the buttermilk, to the other mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. In a small cup mix baking soda and vinegar and ad to batter, stirring to mix.
Divide batter between 3 greased round 9 inch pans and bake at 350F for about 25-30 minutes or until the toothpick test in the centre comes out clean. Let cool in pans for about 10 to 15 minutes before turning out to cool. Each cake can then be torted up to 3 layers each if desired or left alone - your choice.

Icing Ingredients:
2 cups milk
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups of butter or again, hard margarine, softened
2 cups of granulated sugar (not icing sugar)
2 tsp. vanilla

Icing Method
Gradually whisk milk into flour into a small, heavy bottomed saucepan until smooth. Heat on low to low-medium heat and stir continuously until boiling and thickened. Then in mixing bowl beat butter or margarine on high and gradually add all granulated sugar until well incorporated. Then add vanilla and milk mixture and beat on high until light and fluffy. Fill and ice cake. Serves about 16 people, 565 calories per slice including icing - geesh!
Two 1 ounce (28g) bottles equals about 1/4 cup food colouring (60 ml) or you can use just one bottle about 2 tbsp. food colouring.
Hugs Squirrelly Cakes

I really like the DH Red Velvet cake mix. I add the extra egg, chocolate pudding, and sub buttermilk for the water.

I've made it with regular BC icing as well as the Wilton Whipped Icing from a box. I like it either way. Yes, ideally I'd love cream cheese icing on it, but I hardly have room in the fridge for cakes so that usually croses cream cheese icing off the list.

Squirrelly that recipe sounds great

trakarbart, I recently did a cake using DH and buttercream and it turned out really good. I used the cake mix extender recipe from here so I would have extra batter for a larger cake, good luck

Butter cream is great on red velvet cake. I do it all the time. I sometimes use the creamcheese icing as the filling and frost with buttercream. Yum Yum Yum

IN SEPTEMBER I HAVE TO DO A RED VELVET CAKE AND YELLOW CAKE WITH BUTTERCREAM ICING FOR A WEDDING CAKE. I AM SCARED. IT SHOULD BE VERY EASY, THOUGH. IT IS IN ONE OF THE WILTON WEDDING BOOKS. IT IS THREE TIERS WITH THE SMALL, MEDIUM, AND LARGE DROP FLOWERS ON THE SIDE OF IT. IT SHOWS FRESH FLOWERS AROUND IT BUT THE BRIDE WANTS TO USE SILK FLOWERS. IT SHOULD BE OK. I TOOK THE RECIPE FOR THE EASY RED VELVET CAKE OFF OF HERE BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER DONE A RED VELVET CAKE BEFORE. THANK GOODNESS IT IS FOR ONE OF THE GUYS FROM THE FIREHOUSE AND I HAVE 8 1\\2 MONTHS TO PRACTICE. THE FIREHOUSE WILL EAT GOOD WITH ALL OF MY PRACTICING!! I AM SO GLAD I CAME ACROSS THIS TOPIC TODAY! THANKS.

Good luck Kate.....and everyone else making a rv cake.... the recipe I have on this site has been made several times for a wedding cake...... it was grand!!!!!!!! you all are making me want some now....hmmmmm....

I think cream cheese is excellent on Red Velvet. I made my uncle one for Christmas.

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUGGESTIONS, ADVICE, AND RECIPE! YOU ARE ALL GREAT!!

I'm new to this website and have found so much wonderful and useful information. It is so great how helpful you all are to each other. I look forward to chatting with you.

I'll be making the RV cake this weekend! I'll let you know how it turns out. Thanks again!

Karen

The recipe Squirelly posted is the same recipe my grandma and great grandma used (only with a total of 2t cocoa- otherwise the exact recipe)

And the icing recipe she posted is the ONLY one we will use on the cake.

It's a family tradition-and who is to mess with tradition...

Although now after looking up our recipe I am hungry for the cake, may have to make one now

Leily