Red Velvet Shortcakes Recipes

RED VELVET SHORTCAKES

Steps:

• Cover bottoms of 2 (9-inch) round pans with waxed paper; spray with cooking spray. Prepare cake batter as directed on package; blend in chocolate and food coloring. Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake 22 to 25 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 10 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.
• Toss berries with 2 Tbsp. sugar; set aside. Beat cream cheese and remaining sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Whisk in COOL WHIP.
• Cut each cake layer into 8 wedges. Serve topped with COOL WHIP mixture and berries.

RED VELVET CAKE - THE SHORTCUT RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Grease bottom and sides of 13x9x2 pan* with shortening. I use baker's joy spray or pam for baking spray - you know the kind that has the oil and flour in the can?. Just don't use regular pam.
• Beat all ingredients in a large bowl with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat on medium speed 1 minute, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan(s).
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool.
• Cooked Frosting.
• 1 cup milk.
• 1/3 cup Flour.
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened to room temperature.
• 1 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla.
• Stir milk and flour in sauce pan until blended. Heat over medium heat til thickened. Cover and refrigerate about 15 minutes or until cool. Beat butter, powdered sugar and vanilla in medium bowl on medium speed until smooth. Gradually beat in flour mixture til blended. Frost cake.
• PS - some people like cream cheese frosting with the Red Velvet, but the cooked frosting is traditional. Just use what you like.
• * I've used two 9 inch round cake pans with this recipe no problem.
• Oh. And one trick I've learned with box cake mixes is, to slightly decrease the water , and increase the oil, which makes for a moister cake - in this case I'd probably decrease the water by one tablespoon or so, and increase the oil.
• Also, I've omitted the food coloring - and just used this as an easy way to make german chocolate cake - just change the frosting to the traditional coconut pecan frosting used for german choc cakes.... No one has ever noticed it wasn't homemade.
• One last note: I've used this recipe with Duncan Hines, and Betty Crocker cake mixes.