Cake Mix Doctor's Quick Red Velvet Cake

By prairiemama

"When it's Valentine's Day and you're searching for the paasionate red cake to bake your loved ones, look no further than this fun cake"-Anne Bryn





Picture from http://www.bakerella.com/red-velvet-cake/

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 1 (18.25 oz) German chocolate cke mix with pudding
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 (1 oz) bottle red food coloring
• 3 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• Cream Cheese Frosting
• 1 (8 oz) package cream cheese, room temperature
• 8 tablespoons butter, room temperature
• 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Details

Servings 16
Preparation time 8mins
Cooking time 36mins

Preparation

Step 1

Cake:
1. Place rack in center of oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Grease two 9-inch round cake pans well, dust with flour. Shake out excess flour

2. Put cake mix, sour cream, water, oil, food coloring, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl. Blend with a mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Scrape the sides of the bowl; increase mixer speed to medium and beat 2-3 minutes.
Divide batter into pans, smoothing it out.

3. Bake for 28-30 minutes or until they spring back when lightly pressed with your finger and just start to pull away from the sides of the pans. Remove the pans from the oven and place them on wire racks to cool for 10 minutes. Run a dinner knife around the edge of each layer and invert cakes onto a wire rack; invert again onto another rack so the layers are right side up. Cool
completely, 30 minutes more

4. Meanwhile, make the cream cheese frosting

a. Cream cream cheese and butter in a large mixing bowl on low speed until combined, 30 seconds. Add the
powdered sugar, a little at a time, blending on low speed until well mixed, 1 minute. Add the vanilla, increase speed to medium and blend until fluffy, 1 minute more

5. Place the cake layer , right side up, on a serving plate. Spread the top with frosting. Put the second layer, right side up, on top of the frosted layer, frost the
top and sides of the cake. Put in the refrigerator for 20 minutes until the frosting sets up.

6. Store in a plastic cake saver or covered in waxed paper in the refrigerator for up to 1 week