Reviewed: Mar. 7, 2012

it works

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Reviewed: Jan. 31, 2012

This is a really wonderful cake recipe and is so good my daughter asks for it every year on her birthday. I did make a change. Decrease the butter in the frosting to 1/2 cup and chill after frosting it comes out great. I also put in 6 tbsp of cocoa and the chocolate flavor comes through better.

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winnyb

Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2011

Ingredient amounts are way off. You can't make a red velvet cake without 2 ounces of food coloring. There are too many eggs, and too much flour and sugar for the amount of red food coloring. This cake needs to be vibrant. For the amount of eggs, flour and sugar, I'd use at least four ounces of food coloring.

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w8n2xhl

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Reviewed: Oct. 24, 2011

As a baker, I have tried several versions of red velvet. While this one was a little too sweet for my taste, our guests LOVED it, claiming it was the BEST CAKE THEY HAVE EVER HAD!!! And, that is saying something. I followed the recipe precisely, allowing all of my ingredients to reach room temperature first and first sifting A/P bakers flour. There was nothing "dry" about this cake.

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toddandjeanne

Reviewed: Sep. 16, 2011

this was my first time making a red velvet cake and it turned out GREAT! making it was a snap.

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Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jul. 19, 2011

this cake was flat and did not turn out good at all, i was extremely disappointed.

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hhains890

Reviewed: Jul. 12, 2011

Wonderful cake "as-is". I did not add any food coloring. We are generally trying to avoid artificial ingredients - why intentionally add this to a perfectly good home-made cake? Thanks for this recipe!

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lisahughes

Reviewed: May 9, 2011

This frosting just might be the best cream cheese frosting ever! I went with a different Red Velvet cake recipe but this frosting is to DIE FOR!!!

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ajoyharley

Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2011

This is like the best cake ever, or at lest the frosting, though fairly basic it is incredible! The cake it self is so so, It was used to make a wedding cake and there was a big issue with the middle of the cake sinking, but combined with the frosting it's a master piece.

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Ghalleon

Reviewed: Mar. 20, 2011

I have made many red velvet cakes and decided to try a differnet recipe (why??) this was not good, it makes 3 HUGE layers and the frosting would not stay on the cake...had to add powdered sugar, very disappointed!!

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