Desserts

The Secret Red Velvet Cake

photo by:kraft

The cream cheese frosting isn't the only place we used delicious PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese—it's in the red velvet cake batter too!

time

prep:

15 min

total:

1 hr 15 min

servings

total:

16 servings

add your photo

add to shopping list

add to recipe box

send/share

What You Need

pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened, divided

1-1/2

cups BREAKSTONE'S or KNUDSEN Sour Cream

egg whites

pkg. (2-layer size) red velvet cake mix

1/3

cup butter, softened

1/2

tsp. vanilla

cups powdered sugar

Make It

HEAT oven to 350ºF.

BEAT 2 oz. cream cheese and sour cream in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add egg whites and cake mix; mix well. Pour into 2 (9-inch) round pans sprayed with cooking spray. Bake 30 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 min.; remove from pans. Cool completely.

MEANWHILE, beat remaining cream cheese, butter, vanilla and sugar with mixer until well blended. Refrigerate.

FILL and frost cake layers with frosting.