On my birthday, last Sunday, I got to lounge around in my pajamas all day and hang with my cute lil’ family. It was so peaceful and relaxing. I could not have been happier. 🙂 Since my work days and home life keep getting busier, I feel I hardly have time to cook and bake anymore. I hardly even have time to blog (as I’m sure you’ve noticed).
So with all the chaos lately, I decided my lazy birthday day would be perfect timing to bake a cake. I decided on a Red Velvet. I’m a big lover of Red Velvet anything, especially the Red Velvet Cheesecake at The Cheesecake Factory! It is TO. DIE. FOR. It has layers of red velvet cake, and cheesecake, topped off with vanilla butter cream. I order it every single time we eat there, and always wish I could re-create it. Until now…
When my good friend Brandie, at The Country Cook, posted this recipe, I was so excited to try it! It was exactly what I was looking for. A short-cut, semi-homemade version of my beloved Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake.
It turned out AMAZING!
Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake
Layers of red velvet cake and cheesecake with the best cream cheese frosting on top!
Ingredients
- 1 box Red Velvet Cake mix
- including ingredients to make cake; eggs, oil, water
- 1 8 ounce block cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 egg white
FOR THE FROSTING
- 1/2 block 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup butter softened
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9×13 baking pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.
- Prepare the Red Velvet cake batter, according to package directions. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, mix together the (8 ounce) block of cream cheese, sugar and egg white. Beat together with an electric hand mixer, on medium speed, for 1-2 minutes or until combined and smooth.
- Pour half of the red velvet cake batter into the prepared 9×13 pan. Spread out evenly. Then take the cream cheese mixture and drop spoonfuls all over the batter in the pan. Take the back of the spoon and swirl the cream cheese mixture all over the top of the cake batter.
- Pour the remaining red velvet batter all over the top of the cream cheese mixture. Carefully, spread the cake batter over the top evenly. Covering all of the cream cheese.
- Bake for 38-40 minutes, or until a tooth-pick inserted in center of cake, comes out clean. Let cake cool completely before frosting.
- FOR FROSTING: In a bowl, combine the cream cheese and butter. Beat on medium speed until smooth. Gradually add in powdered sugar, then beat in vanilla and milk, until smooth. Spread frosting on cooled cake. Slice, serve and enjoy! ♥
This looks perfect for my husbands potluck lunch on Friday ! Thanks again for the inspiration.
Looks delicious Holly!!!
Oh yum! This looks amazing.
I can’t even tell you how good these look. I can’t wait to try them! 🙂
This is stunning!! Happy Birthday!
Goodness me! I have somehow missed this recipe at Brandie’s blog, so I am really happy YOU shared it. It looks divine….perfect for a special lady’s birthday cake. I am wild about cream cheese in another – this is a fabulous combo. You’re not getting older…you’re getting better. =)
Oh I love how easy that is to much such a decadent cake! Other flavor combos are swirling now:-) And Happy late Birthday sweet girl! Glad to hear you had a perfectly lazy day for it!!!
Oh my goodness…. looks divine!
This looks so amazingly delicious. I hope you had a happy birthday. 🙂
Made this for Christmas Eve everyone absolutely loved it, beautiful, delicious, moist, and super-easy. Definitely a keeper. Thank you!!
I made it for the first time today for our women’s Advent Candlelight Fellowship tonight. My home smells heavenly! Can’t wait to try it.
Hello from iowa 🙂 ……! This red velvet cake will be made for christmas eve 🙂
Thank you……. marilyn
Happy Birthday Darlin’! And Thankyou for sharing such wonderful, inspirational ideas with us!