The Best Quick Red Velvet Cake Recipe We've Found

The best red velvet cake recipes turns out a dark, decadent mixture of flavors and is a surprisingly easy recipe to master. This recipe takes a shortcut and uses yellow cake mix, but you can mix your own yellow cake batter when you have more time. 

Recipe for Red Velvet Cake

Ingredients You Will Need:
Yellow or white cake mix (or make your own batter)
1 oz red food coloring
1 package chocolate pudding mix (non-instant)
½ cup buttermilk in place of water called for by the cake mix

Frosting:
½ stick butter
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
5 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar

Follow the directions on your cake mix package. Stir in the food coloring, buttermilk and chocolate pudding mix. Because you're using buttermilk, do not use the water that the cake mix will call for. If you decide not to use the buttermilk, you can use the water instead. Pour the mixture into a greased baking pan. Bake the cake for as long as the package directions indicate at 350 degrees. Let cool.

To make your frosting, whisk the flour and milk together and bring to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add in your remaining ingredients and stir until it becomes thick.

Variations to Your Red Velvet Cake
For another red velvet cake recipe, you can use fudge marble cake mix for a richer flavor. Many like to top their cakes with toasted pecans for taste and decoration. Try creating red velvet cupcakes. Just follow the same recipe and bake in a cupcake pan. These are great for children's birthday parties or to bring as a treat for your coworkers in the office.

You can also create a cream cheese frosting. Take one pound softened cream cheese, four cups confectioners' sugar, one cup unsalted butter and one teaspoon vanilla extract. With an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese, butter and sugar together. Drop in the teaspoon of vanilla and mix thoroughly until fluffy.