Red Velvet Cake Roll

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Red Velvet Cake Roll is a rich and decadent Christmas roll with a beautiful display of drizzled white chocolate over a delicious swirl of red and white. A cream cheese filling adds sweetness and creaminess.

The bright red velvet cake is an eye catcher and dazzles onlookers. Aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews will be rushing through the meal to get a slice of this gorgeous cake.

Red Velvet Cake Roll Ingredients

To make this red and white cake roll, you will need the following ingredients (see the recipe card below for exact amounts):

• Eggs
• Red Velvet Cake Mix: using boxed cake mix means you don’t have to measure any dry ingredients, like flour, baking powder, cocoa powder, or sugar!
• Water
• Oil
• Cool Whip Topping
• Cream Cheese
• Red Food Coloring
• Confectioners Sugar
• Vanilla Extract
• Butter
• White Chocolate Melting Wafers: alternatively, you can sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Special Tools Needed

To make a cake roll, you need a jelly roll pan. This pan usually measures 15 x 10 x 1. This shallow pan allows you to make a thin cake. 

You will also need parchment paper to roll the cake.

How to Make Christmas Cake Roll

1. Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a 15x10x1 inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
2. In a stand mixer or with a hand mixer, beat the eggs for 5 minutes until yellow and thick. Gradually add red velvet cake mix, water, and oil. Beat on low for 30 seconds, and then on medium for 1 minute. If you want a brighter red, add 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon red food coloring and mix to combine.
3. Pour 3 ½ cups of the batter into the prepared pan and spread to the corners of the pan with a spatula (you may have leftover batter).
4. Bake for 15 minutes until the cake springs back if touched in the center.

5. Remove from the oven and roll up the red velvet cake with the parchment paper. Place on a wire rack and cool completely for 30 to 45 minutes.
6. In a large bowl combine butter and cream cheese with a hand mixer. Add confectioners sugar and vanilla extract and beat together. Fold the whipped topping gently into the cream cheese filling.
7. Unroll the cooled red velvet cake. Spread cream cheese frosting evenly across the red velvet cake and reroll the cake, being sure to slowly and delicately remove the parchment paper as you reroll. Wrap the cake in plastic wrap so it holds its form. Refrigerate the completed red velvet cake roll for 30 minutes.
8. Melt chocolate wafers according to the package directions and drizzle the white chocolate back and forth over the roll. Alternatively, you can sprinkle powdered sugar over the top of the roll with a sifter. You can also serve with whipped cream.

Recipe Tips

• When spreading the cream cheese frosting, be sure to get filling up under the first curl of the roll.
• You may have leftover red velvet cake batter. You can use it to make an extra red velvet cake, or make red velvet cake pops.

FAQs

How to Decorate a Christmas Roll

• For a fun feel, use red and white sprinkles or crushed candy cane to top.
• For an elegant look, line the top of the roll with fresh strawberries cut in half, or Bing cherries with the stem, or fresh raspberries. Then drizzled with the white chocolate melts.

Storage Instructions

Rolled red velvet cake will keep refrigerated in an airtight container or sealed with cling wrap for up to 7 days.

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Red Velvet Cake Roll

Author: Emily Pecoraro

Red Velvet Cake Roll is a rich and decadent holiday cake roll with a beautiful display of drizzled white chocolate over the delicious swirl of red and white.

4.37 from 22 votes

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Chill Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

Total Time 2 hours hrs

Course Cakes

Cuisine American

Servings 8

Calories 613 kcal

Equipment

• Hamilton Beach 6-Speed Electric Hand Mixer
• Wilton Jelly Roll Pan, 10.5 x 15.5-Inch
• Parchment Paper

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 6 eggs
• ▢ 1 box red velvet cake mix
• ▢ ½ cup water
• ▢ ¼ cup oil
• ▢ 1 tablespoon red food coloring
• ▢ 8 oz whipped topping
• ▢ 8 oz cream cheese softened
• ▢ 1 cup powdered sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 4 tablespoons butter softened
• ▢ white chocolate candy melts

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350°. Line a 15x10x1 inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
• Beat the eggs for 5 minutes until yellow and thick. Gradually add cake mix, water, and oil. Beat on low for 30 seconds, and then on medium for 1 minute. If you want a brighter red color, add 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon red food coloring and mix to combine.
• Pour 3 ½ cups of the batter into the pan and spread to the corners of the pan with a spatula (you will have leftover batter).
• Bake for 15 minutes until the cake springs back if touched in the center.
• Remove from the oven and roll up the cake with the parchment paper. Place on a wire rack and cool completely for 30 to 45 minutes.
• In a large bowl combine butter and cream cheese with a hand mixer. Add confectioners sugar and vanilla extract and beat together. Fold the whipped topping gently into the cream cheese mixture.
• Unroll the cooled cake. Spread icing evenly across the cake and reroll cake, being sure to slowly and delicately remove the parchment paper as you reroll. Wrap the cake in plastic wrap so it holds its form. Refrigerate the completed cake roll for 30 minutes.
• Melt chocolate wafers according to the package directions and drizzle the white chocolate back and forth over the roll. Alternatively, you can sprinkle or sift confectioners sugar over the top of the roll.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 613kcalCarbohydrates: 63gProtein: 10gFat: 38gSaturated Fat: 16gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 167mgSodium: 648mgPotassium: 293mgFiber: 1gSugar: 43gVitamin A: 756IUCalcium: 149mgIron: 3mg

The nutrition information is calculated using online nutrition calculators and may not be accurate. It is provided as a general guide only.

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