Making red velvet cake with orange food coloring?

I wanted to use the red velevet cake recipe, but instead of red fool coloring use orange for more of a Halloween theme. Would it come out right color wise?

Making red velvet cake with orange food coloring?
It might be slightly darker than you are wanting, since brown (chocolate cake mix) is closer to red than orange. Just to give you an idea, you could make an orange soda pop cake. They are pretty good.





If you use a white cake mix for a red velvet cake it won't taste the same.
Reply:Yellow mix would be better if you think about it. Yellow is closer to orange than white. If you use white, the color of the cake may be too light.
Reply:If you use a white cake mix with the orange food coloring then it should be fine.
Reply:The color doesn't change the taste.





Red Velvet Cake





I prefer this red velvet cake recipe above all I've tried because I always have self-rising flour on hand. Oil makes the layers moist, and butter and cream cheese with powdered sugar and chopped pecans are the makings of a mighty fine


frosting.








2½ cups self-rising flour


1 cup buttermilk


1½ cups vegetable oil


1 teaspoon baking soda


1 teaspoon vanilla


¼ cup red food color


1½ cups sugar


1 teaspoon cocoa


1 teaspoon vinegar


2 large eggs





Preheat oven to 350°. Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and beat with mixer until well blended. Pour batter equally into three well- greased or sprayed cake pans. Bake 20 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes. Remove from pans and cool completely.





Frosting


1/3 pound butter softened


1 8-ounce and 1 3-ounce package cream cheese softened


1 pound box powdered sugar


2 cups chopped pecans


1 teaspoon vanilla





Combine butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla in a bowl. Beat until fluffy. Add chopped pecans. Frost between layers, top and side of cake.





Great looking cake, that tastes even better, for Christmas or Valentine's Day.
Reply:OHHH that will be good @ pretty!!!Good thinking:)