Kitchen

[Sooner]

I think it is disgusting. I won't eat it.

[gkelly]

On 3/2/2014 shoekitty said:

On 3/2/2014 Sunshine Kate said:

I love red velvet cake. My grandmother had the best recipe (which I don't have). The cake she made melted in the mouth. It was like no other. Her homemade icing was the perfect companion.

I've never tasted such a great cake. So sad, I never got her recipe.

I bet her secret ingredient was love and devotion.

one of the best cakes ever!! My grandmother & my mother made red velvet cake from scratch and it was always the very best! I also never got the recipe but it was a "special" occasion when they made it!

[fanb]

BUTTERMILK is the taste and tenderness of red velvet cake. I don.t think it was ever meant to taste like chocolate. See Joy of Baking .com recipe .

[shoekitty]

On 3/2/2014 fanb said:

BUTTERMILK is the taste and tenderness of red velvet cake. I don.t think it was ever meant to taste like chocolate. See Joy of Baking .com recipe .

Yes, it is a moist, dense cake. The buttermilk and vinegar add to the moistness. The cocoa, is for texture and moistness as well. . The cake is not meant to be a chocolate tasting cake. I agree about the dye, but as I said you can replace the red dye with an organic or natural dye. I use them all the time. You can make the cake without a dye, but you need to adjust the recipe. There are a couple cooking sites that discuss the substitutuions

[boby]

Red velvet cake is supposed to be an aphrodisiac. I'll let someone else have the last word on that.

I can tell you that all that red dye seems to have a dramatic intestinal effect on small children, so eat with caution. A chef friend of mine once made one for a birthday party and it was a disaster.

[gardensla]

I rather like Red Velvet cake (a local bakery does amazing red velvet cupcakes with super tangy icing--yummy) but what's the story with King Cake served up during Mardi Gras? Nasty!

[boby]

Gardensia: The King Cake tradition actually started in France over 900 years ago. The cake would be baked on the eve of January 6 to celebrate the visit of the three kings to the baby Jesus. In New Orleans King cake parties are held all over beginning that date and the tradition is to place a small figure of the baby in the cake, and the guest who gets the figure hosts the party the next week. The cake is round, symbolizing a crown, and decorated with sprinkles or sugar dust colored green, gold and purple, symbolizing faith, power and justice. The last party is the week of Mardi Gras.

[stilltamn8r]

Russell Stover has added a Red Velvet chocolate covered egg to its repertoire this year, along with cookie dough and brownie caramel- I LOVE their coconut eggs, and now there are so many to choose from!