There was a time when I was obsessed with everything red velvet. And I was especially smitten with the idea of combining red velvet cake with cheesecake.

There are many ways to combine them. One of my old recipes consisted of baked cheesecake that was frozen then sandwiched between layers of cooled red velvet cake. All three layers were covered with cream cheese frosting then topped with red velvet cake crumbs. I pulled the recipe from the blog when I started supplying cheesecakes to a local cafe.

I don’t sell cakes anymore so I had been thinking of making the cake again and reposting the recipe. But that is something for the future. For now, I have a variant of the red velvet and cheesecake combo. The EXIF data of the photos say I baked these squares on August 27, 2013. I’m republishing the recipe because this is a dessert that looks and tastes like it belongs perfectly on the holiday table.