Dead Velvet Cake

Name: Dead Velvet Cake
Ingredients: 1 stick butter, softened, plus more, to taste, for greasing the pans; flour, to taste, for dusting the pans; 1 (15.25-ounce) box red velvet cake mix, plus the ingredients called for on the box; 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened; 2 1/4 cups powdered sugar; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided; 1/2 cup water, cold; 2 tablespoons cornstarch; 1/2 cup light corn syrup; red food coloring, to taste

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Ah, Halloween: the perfect pairing of sinister and sweet! The time of ghoulish goodies is almost here, so why not pull out all the stops? Dead Velvet Cake has a haunted look with its blood-red syrup...

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Ingredients

1 stick butter, softened, plus more, to taste, for greasing the pans
flour, to taste, for dusting the pans
1 (15.25-ounce) box red velvet cake mix, plus the ingredients called for on the box
2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
2 1/4 cups powdered sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
1/2 cup water, cold
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1/2 cup light corn syrup
red food coloring, to taste