Award Winning Red Velvet Cheesecake Cake

Step 1. Bake an 8-inch Original New York Cheesecake (from Junior's Cheesecake Cookbook)

Step 2. Bake two 8-inch Red Velvet Cakes

Step 3. Make the Vanilla Bean Cream Cheese Frosting

Step 4. Assemble the layers

Step 5.  Frost the cake

I entered this cake in my company's holiday bake off and I won first place!

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