Betty Crocker’s Red Velvet Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting-How To Make Cake - Simple Cooking Videos

buttermilk

🥗Healthier: low-fat yogurt

💰Cheaper: milk + vinegar

Low-fat yogurt provides tanginess with fewer calories.

cream cheese

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Greek yogurt offers creaminess with lower fat.

red food coloring

🥗Healthier: beet juice

💰Cheaper: none

Beet juice is a natural alternative for color.

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil is plant-based and dairy-free.

Prepare the Betty Crocker’s Red Velvet Cake Mix according to package instructions, adding 3 eggs, 175ml water, and 75ml vegetable oil.

Grease the cake pans with 1 tbsp butter and dust with 1 tbsp flour.

Bake the cake as directed on the package until a toothpick comes out clean.

Let the cakes cool completely before frosting.

For the cream cheese filling, beat together 300g room temperature cream cheese, 3/4 cup sugar, and 1 tsp vanilla until smooth.

In a separate bowl, whip 500ml whipping cream until stiff peaks form, then fold into the cream cheese mixture.

Frost the cooled cakes with the cream cheese filling.

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