The good thing about living in Hoboken is that there's lots of opportunities to meet new people in town. My husband and I tried out a couples meetup group for a pot-luck game night last month and it was loads of fun. One of the girls brought Sandra Lee's Red Velvet Bars for dessert and they were to die for. I was discussing my new blog with my friend who told me that he was going to have a bake-off at work the next day and that he wanted to throw a curveball and use a boxed cake mix. I immediately thought of these delicious bars and recommended that he make them. A few days later he told me that he was disappointed at the results... that they were really dry and the topping was thin. I thought, how could that be?? So, I set out to try the recipe for myself... and here are my results.
Why aren't they red? Well, because this was my fourth batch of the bars and I decided not to waste any more red food coloring if they turned out badly. Read on to discover why it took me FOUR batches to figure out the correct way to make these bars....
