Turn a box of red velvet cake mix into this easy dessert—or breakfast! The icing tastes good and makes a pretty contrast with the rolls. —Erin Wright, Wallace, Kansas
Red Velvet Cinnamon Rolls Recipe photo by Taste of Home
Combine cake mix, 1 cup flour and yeast. Add water; beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a soft dough (dough will be sticky). Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead gently 6-8 times. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease the top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 2 hours. Meanwhile, in another bowl, mix brown sugar and cinnamon.
Punch down dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; roll dough into an 18x10-in. rectangle. Brush with melted butter to within 1/4 in. of edges; sprinkle with sugar mixture.
Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seam to seal. Cut crosswise into 12 slices. Place cut sides up in a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Cover with a kitchen towel; let rise in a warm place until almost doubled, about 1 hour.
Preheat oven to 350°. Bake until puffed and light brown, 15-20 minutes. Cool slightly.
Beat confectioners’ sugar, butter, vanilla and enough milk to reach a drizzling consistency. Drizzle icing over warm rolls.
Test Kitchen tips
Want 'em even more decadent? Spread a fluffy layer of cream cheese frosting over the top.
Make these morning beauties your own by swapping in your favorite flavor of cake mix. We particularly love spice cake, devil's food and orange.
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Elaine
Dec 20, 2020
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Brittaney
Aug 5, 2020
Great recipe to use.I made a Oreo cream cheese filling. Which was awesome, but you recipe definitely helped me.
Tabatha
Mar 28, 2020
Good, but nothing to write home about. Meh. They were easy to make which was nice since I hadn't worked with yeast prior to this. Unfortunately the centers were still mushy while the outside was hard and they popped open while baking. Butter in the icing stayed clumpy even with it being softened in the microwave. If I do make them again I will certainly try a different cake mix flavor, maybe just plain chocolate or lemon with a lemon icing.
broadwayeyes
Mar 28, 2020
Followed the recipe to a T and it didnt rise. Maybe instant yeast should be used instead? Then it might have a fighting chance. Its brand new yeast but after 3 hours of "rising" time I decided to just continue. The yeast was just sitting there and hadn't dissolved at all. This was a fail.
Marika
Feb 9, 2020
Amazing! We added a small amount of chocolate chips on top of the sugar/cinnamon and they turned out very well! My friends were thrilled and impressed!
Michelle
Feb 4, 2020
To Lisa who asked the question on 1/6/20: No, you just mix the dry cake mix with the 1 cup flour
RebeccaV
Jan 30, 2020
Question--can these be made and then refrigerated to bake the next morning?
menkens
Jan 28, 2020
Lisa -- I would just use the "dry" cake mix and continue on. Sounds like an interesting recipe, I'll be making in the future!
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Great recipe to use.I made a Oreo cream cheese filling. Which was awesome, but you recipe definitely helped me.
Good, but nothing to write home about. Meh. They were easy to make which was nice since I hadn't worked with yeast prior to this. Unfortunately the centers were still mushy while the outside was hard and they popped open while baking. Butter in the icing stayed clumpy even with it being softened in the microwave. If I do make them again I will certainly try a different cake mix flavor, maybe just plain chocolate or lemon with a lemon icing.
Followed the recipe to a T and it didnt rise. Maybe instant yeast should be used instead? Then it might have a fighting chance. Its brand new yeast but after 3 hours of "rising" time I decided to just continue. The yeast was just sitting there and hadn't dissolved at all. This was a fail.
Amazing! We added a small amount of chocolate chips on top of the sugar/cinnamon and they turned out very well! My friends were thrilled and impressed!
To Lisa who asked the question on 1/6/20: No, you just mix the dry cake mix with the 1 cup flour
Question--can these be made and then refrigerated to bake the next morning?
Lisa -- I would just use the "dry" cake mix and continue on. Sounds like an interesting recipe, I'll be making in the future!
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Do you mix up the cake mix?