Red Velvet Cake

I only buy Duncan Hines and Red Velvet is my absolute favorite. It is better than Granny's Red Velvet, perfection!!!!

I absolutely love this cake mix. I have the original recipe for the cake and this one in my opinion is much better. I will try using milk instead of water when I make it again as I'm sure it will enhance the flavor.
Also Red Velvet cake is not Red Velvet cake without the original frosting. I have the recipe and will share it with all of you. It's a bit tricky to make but I won't use any other frosting except the frosting the Red Velvet cake was meant to have on it. I'm a traditionalist what can I say
Red Velvet Cake Frosting
In a small pan on medium heat mix until a thick rue (the texture of paste) is formed, stirring constantly with a wire whisk.
6 Tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
Put mixture in refrigerator and chill.
Next: Cream 1 cup sugar
1 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
until very light and fluffy
Slowly add flour mixture and beat until whip cream consistency
This is the best frosting EVER and works on any cake

Is that white chocolate curls on top or shaving's . Where do you get that ?

Does this cake have to be refridgerated

I did both cake andcupcakes amazing!

I haven't actually started to make it, but what does it mean when it says "blend dry mix, water, oil and eggs in large bowl at low speed" ? Please help (:

I baked this recipe in a Bundt pan, frosted it with cream cheese frosting then sprinkled it with coconut and chopped pecans. Big Hit!!

The taste of this mix is terrific with a light chocolaty flavor. However, I must warn everyone of the unnatural and unholy red dye Duncan Hines puts in this thing. Literally, it turns your s**t red when you use the toilet. I almost considered going to the hospital until I remembered what I had eaten the previous night.

Duncan Hines needs to find an all natural alternative to the current Red #40 (Allura Red AC - http://bit.ly/jEFQt ) such as carminic acid ( http://bit.ly/jjG5o )

In Europe, Allura Red AC is not recommended for consumption by children. It is banned in Denmark, Belgium, France and Switzerland.

In the United States, Allura Red AC is approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in cosmetics, drugs, and food. On June 30, 2010, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) called for the FDA to ban Red 40. Executive Director Michael Jacobson said, "These synthetic chemicals do absolutely nothing to improve the nutritional quality or safety of foods, but trigger behavior problems in children and, possibly, cancer in anybody."

This is my favorite cake to eat and make! I use about a tablespoon more oil, use a bundt pan, and bake it at 325 for 35-40 minutes...so moist! But my cream cheese frosting is what gets 'em every time. 1 brick of cream cheese, 1 stick butter, a little less than 1 box confectionary sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla and 1-2 tablespoon milk!!! People don't know it comes from a box and alwways offer to $20+ a cake at the bake sales!

Oh my gosh, I just bought two packages of this and I absolutely canNOT wait. They always turn out delicious, even though I'll have to take a long run afterwards. Fingers crossed they turn out good!
Remember to grease the baking pans!
-PepperSalad

Amazing design on top!

In my opinion people here down south expect a lot from this cake. I used to make this cake from scratch and sell them and it became really expensive. I bake homemade cakes,pie, etc. But, when I realized that the economy changed, my customers changed, so I had to change some things. I dibbled and dabbled with recipes. And this red velvet reipe from duncan hines is a winner with just a few tweaks. Instead of water I use whole milk, instead of oil I use butter, and I also use two table spoons of baking coco in the mix. Plus when selling these cake I use two boxes of mix. I use two boxes because I have to even of the tops. But I use deep 9 inch baking pans. I make my own cream cheese frosting and sprinkle with pecans after frosting. I had to learn to be, "creative" and still have that homemade taste. I hope this helps some aspiring bakers.

I recently made this cake used the original recipe and added strawberry creme jello pudding 1 small box 4 oz. this cake was delicious. I've gotten requests to make more. Instead of using the orginal cream cheese topping I added confessioners sugar and evap milk to taste as well. Yummy

is one box enough if I use 2 round baking pans? Also is there a duncan hines frosting for whipped topping?

I found the box mix a little lackluster too, so I added regular evaporated milk instead of water, a box of chocolate pudding, vanilla and left the eggs and oil the same. Much better flavor to be sure! Very moist!!!