Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2009

My sister requested a RV cake for her birthday. I'd never made one before. I used this recipe and made a few modifications (see below) suggested in various reviews. Also, I used the Cream Cheese Frosting II recipe from this site rather than the one listed with the cake recipe. The cake was absolutely delicious!! Everyone loved it!! * Duncan Hines Golden Yellow Cake Mix * Chocolate Fudge Instant Pudding (instead of vanilla) * 2 oz Red Food Coloring (2 Bottles instead of 1) * 4 Tbsp. Cocoa instead of 1 * Cream Cheese Frosting II Recipe for the Icing (instead of the one with this cake recipe) --> When I added the vanilla, I over-poured by a just a bit on purpose. This is a keeper!! Enjoy

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Jessica

Reviewed: Mar. 12, 2009

Made this cake for the first time last night. I used two cake pans and trimmed down the cooking time, and made homemade cream cheese icing (modified my Italian Cream Cake frosting recipe). The cake was incredibly moist (beat the socks off of ANYTHING we ever tried at Sprinkles!), and had the most PERFECT flavor-- and did I mention "MOIST"?! One last thing... I would refrigerate overnight before eating, to give the icing time to settle. This is the best red velvet cake I've ever tasted, and I've tasted a LOT of red velvet. :) Awesome recipe, thank you so much!

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Christie

Reviewed: Mar. 9, 2009

This recipe has been a hit with my friends! It is a moist, easy to make, and delicious cake and icing! I add a little extra cocoa, but that's it. Amazing cake! If you are expecting the "typical" dense, and slightly bitter red velvet cake, this isn't the way to go, but for a delicious and similar alternative, try this recipe!

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colleenfielding

Reviewed: Mar. 3, 2009

I got to do cake honors for my sister-in-laws recent birthday get-together. I should mention she considers herself quite the connoisseur & red velvet is her favorite. She & her mother declared this the "best red velvet cake they'd ever had". I have to admit, I made this as a 2nd choice, after the 'real deal' flopped, turning out dry & heavy. I couldn't believe how moist, delicious & simple this was. (I used Moist Supreme Golden Butter for the mix/ increased cocoa to 3 Tbsp.) What a winner!

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yvonne

Reviewed: Feb. 22, 2009

We did enjoy the cake (but only after we abandoned the idea that it was the same kind of red velvet cake that we're used to), but not the frosting. We all much prefer the heavier, more traditional cream cheese frosting. I'll make it again, but substitute the other frosting.

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LOWDOUGH

Reviewed: Feb. 19, 2009

This is pretty easy and tastes really yummy! I followed other poster's suggestions and increased the cocoa. Very good and red. :) Thanks for sharing the recipe.

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AMBER R

Reviewed: Feb. 14, 2009

My first Red Velvet cake and it was a HUGE hit! My family loved it. I read the reviews and added 3 T of cocoa and 2 tubes of red food coloring, and the color and taste was amazing! I made heart shaped cupcakes for Valentine's Day and it was LOVE all around! Thanks for such a great and easy recipe!!!

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Paula

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2009

I've never made a red velvet cake so this one looked pretty easy. I made cupcakes and took the other reviewers advice and added 4 T of Cocoa. I will definitely make this again.

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jenw

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: San Diego, California, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 11, 2009

The flavor of this cake was really good, but it wasn't very pretty. I followed the recipe exactly but the cake sunk in while it was cooling, and there was a short layer at the bottom of the cake that was kind of gummy. I must have done something wrong....

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Swidgen

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Feb. 9, 2009

I doubled the cocoa powder and other than that, followed recipe exactly. The cake was very moist and I got lots of compliments on the cake and cupcakes. I'm only giving 4 stars because I was not the biggest fan of the frosting and think the prepackaged whipped cream cheese frosting in the store is better.

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