i love this recipe! it's so easy, and makes a delicious and moist cake. i added 3 tbsp powdered sugar and 1 tsp vanilla like somebody suggested. i also frosted it with cream cheese icing (8 oz cream cheese, 1/2 c. butter, 1 tsp vanilla, 4 c. powdered sugar), and it was even more delicious. my only complaint was that i baked it in 2 8-inch pans and it had really high, rounded tops. maybe if i made it in bigger pans it wouldn't do that.

This cake ranks a 5 for the simplicity and ease, but only a 2 for the taste, it was a little below average. It is simple to make, and it turned out moist -almost TOO moist, therefore it was a bit heavy, and I had to adjust the baking time -this is probably due to the fact that the cake mix I used, already had pudding in the mix. I noticed many people noted the "extras" that they added. I think the part that puzzled people the most, were the instructions -perhaps they didn't read them?- overall this would be a recipe that a young teen could make, but it wouldn't be anything I personally would not make again -it didn't have that "red velvet" cake taste. It just pretty much seemed like a milk chocolate cake tinted red, instead of a cake w/ more depth.

My husband's favorite cake is red velvet, so I decided to make one for his birthday--New Year's Eve. It turned out great and was nice and moist. I'd definitely do this cake again. Thanks!

I was looking for a recipe to make fast and easy red cupcakes for a playoff party (Go Flames Go)and this was it. I decorated them with bright yellow frosting and some flaming C's and they were ready to go. In terms of taste I thought they were only okay, not amazing.

I made this cake for my boyfriend for Valentine's Day. I don't really understand how some people thought this had a horrible taste, it's just cake mix plus chocolate pudding! I only used 50 drops of red food coloring so it wasn't very red, and had some problem getting it out of the pans because the cake is less dense than a plain cake mix. However, it tasted very good and went well with cream cheese frosting. You couldn't even tell where the cake had been pulled apart when coming out of the pan. Next time I'll probably just bake it in a 9 by 13 pan so I can just leave it in the pan to frost and serve! Thanks!

This was such a waste of ingredients- not worth the effort. The texture looked similar to playdough after it was cooked- I couldn't even get all the neighborhood kids to eat it. Bad flavor, texture. Skip this one.

Soooooo MOIST! My boyfriend and I LOVED it! And apparently so did my roomate, she ate 1/4 of the cake in one sitting! This is a great recipe for if you are short on time and/or patience... I actually used 5oz. of non-instant chocolate pudding, because that's all they had at the store, (and I don't know how to count oz.) I did as a lot of other people did and used a cream cheese frosting recipe. 5 STAR! I will be making this recipe again, and I think I will do as one reader suggested and try adding just a pinch of powdered sugar and a few drops of vanilla to this cake mix. Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!

Perfect! Red "Cheat" cake was always my birthday cake request from my Grandma. We had a house fire a few years ago & sadly, I lost her recipe. This is it! Thank you so much!

I substitued French Vanilla cake mix for the white. This made it very moist. It turned out to be the easiest and best Red Velvet Cake I have ever tasted.

I made the cake with the changes suggested by another user: I added 1 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup water, 1/3 cup Veg. Oil, 3 Eggs, 1 tsp. Vanilla. It was just okay - not something I would make again and definitely not something that got rave reviews.

GO EAGLES! Insted of red velvet I made these into green velvet cupcakes for Super Bowl Party at work and they were a hit. Simply switch red for green food coloring. I used a mock whipped cream frosting recipe that has been in my family for years. Thanks for the short cut. EAGLES all the way.

I should have read the reveiws first. The ones who liked it made substantial changes. This was nothing like red velvet and had none of the proper flavor nor texture.

I could not fine my 'Quick Velvet Cake' recipe; therefore, I added to this one. The cake was moist, delicious, and everyone asked for the recipe! This is what I did: I added 1 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup water, 1/3 cup Veg. Oil, 3 Eggs, 1 tsp. Vanilla to the box of White Cake Mix and Chocolate pudding. I did not use buttermilk. When I make a Red Velvet Cake I use half of the amount of red food coloring the recipe calls for. Why? Because I do not like the taste of it! Give this a try---you will be glad you did!!

Very disappointing. Cake was dry and pretty tasteless. Next time the shortcut-free recipe will be used. Live and learn. ;-(

This was a great cake.I made it for Christmas,it was so much quicker than my usaul reciepe. Everyone loved this cake.I made another one the next day. I added 1 1/2 tsp vanilla flavor and 3tbsp powdered sugar to the mix. It made this cake perfect. Mary augusta,ga

The taste was ok, but to me it was dry. My daughter liked it; she is the red velvet nut around here. I made it for her birthday. Will keep searching for something better.

This cake was excellent! I made this for my boyfriend for his birthday, and he loved it! Very tasty, especially with home made cream cheese frosting. Could hardly tell the difference between this and a made-from-scratch red velvet. I am not a very experienced cook, so I was a little afraid to try to make red velvet cake the hard way, but this is a very simple and tasty alternative! I definitely recommed to everybody!