Dish · american
Red Velvet Cake
A cocoa-tinted layer cake, mild in chocolate flavor, dyed deep red and covered in tangy cream cheese frosting.
Where it comes from
The red color originally came from a chemical reaction between natural cocoa, buttermilk, and vinegar. Once cocoa processing changed, bakers began adding red food coloring to keep the color the cake was known for.
What cooks argue about
Bakers argue over how much red food coloring to add now that cocoa alone rarely turns the crumb red, and over cream cheese frosting against the older cooked flour frosting called ermine.
Versions
Nobody has published a red velvet cake here yet. When somebody cooks one from a video and publishes it, their version appears in this list, with a link back to the original.
What goes in it
Each one opens everything else made with it.
all purpose flour
cocoa powder
buttermilk
cream cheese
egg
butter