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Ooey Gooey Red Velvet Bars

Course Dessert
Cuisine Southern
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

Red Velvet Layer

  • 1 box Red Velvet cake mix
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 Tbsp french vanilla syrup

Icing Layer

  • 8 oz cream cheese, softened
  • ½ Tbsp french vanilla syrup
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 large eggs
  • 3 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°
  • Lightly coat bottom of a 9x13 cake pan with non-stick spray.
  • In a large mixing bowl, mix together the ingredients for the red velvet layer. Mix until all ingredients are combined.
  • Spread the mixture evenly into the bottom of the cake pan and set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, use a beater attachment and whip cream cheese until smooth.
  • Change to a whisk attachment, add the melted butter and french vanilla syrup and whisk on medium until smooth.
  • Add eggs one at a time and continue to whisk until combined.
  • Turn the mixer to low and slowly add powdered sugar. Whisk until well combined before adding additional sugar.
  • Pour sugar mixture onto red velvet layer.
  • Place cake pan on lower rack in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
  • Move cake pan to higher rack and continue to bake for 15-20 minutes until middle of cake is no longer excessively loose. The color in the center of the pan will start to turn lightly golden.
  • Allow cake to cool before cutting into desired sized bars.