Red Velvet Bundt Cake

Red Velvet Bundt Cake

from dinnerin321.com
75 min

This Red Velvet Bundt Cake is is truly a showstopper and uses less than 10 ingredients. It’s a bakery-style dessert easily made at home using a boxed cake mix. Topped with a cream cheese frosting, everyone will love this cake.

Ingredients

  • 15.25 ounce red velvet cake mix
  • 3.9 ounce instant chocolate pudding mix
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
  • 8 ounce cream cheese (softened)
  • 1/4 cup salted butter (softened)
  • 3-3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease a Bundt pan.

  2. 2

    In a large mixing bowl, combine the red velvet cake mix, instant chocolate pudding mix, sour cream, eggs, water, and oil. Mix with a hand mixer or whisk just until combined and smooth.

  3. 3

    Pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan. Bake 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

  4. 4

    Cool for 10 minutes, then invert the cake onto a cake plate. Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting. 

  5. 5

    For the icing, in a mixing bowl, beat together the softened cream cheese and butter with a hand mixer or spatula until creamy and smooth. Add powdered sugar and vanilla, and mix again until smooth.

  6. 6

    Fill a pastry or Ziploc bag and cut off the corner. From the outside in, squeeze and pull a line of frosting up and over the cake, into the center hole. Repeat around the whole cake.