Red Velvet Cake with Nutella Frosting

I have always been a lover of Red Velvet recipes, but never attempted to make any of them on my own.  I knew that had to change this year.

This is just one of 2 recipes I found to recreate for my family & friends.

I found this recipe on Picky Palate.  Jenny created this amazing recipe and has such beautiful pictures of the baking process and final result.  Check out this recipe and MANY other amazing ones at Picky Palate!

Red Velvet Cake with Nutella Frosting

Ingredients:
1 box red velvet cake mix
1 3.4 oz. box vanilla instant pudding mix
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil {I used canola}
1/2 cup sour cream
4 eggs
1 cup sweetened condensed milk {I used the whole can}
1/2 cup Nutella

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Spray 2 8x8 cake pans with nonstick spray.
3. Dump cake mix, pudding, milk, oil, sour cream and eggs into a mixing bowl and {using a hand mixer}mix until smooth {about 3 minutes}.
4. Pour mixture evenly into both cake pans and bake for 30-35 minutes.  Take out to cool & start frosting.
5. Frosting: add can of sweetened condensed milk & Nutella {use more than 1/2 cup if you would like} to a microwave safe bowl and heat for 30 seconds.  Stir.  Heat another 15 seconds and stir again.  Drizzle over cakes in an even layer.  Let cool for at least 30 minutes.

Enjoy!