Red Velvet Cake?

[snapppyd]

I'm not a fan of food coloring so I really don't get it? If you like devil's food why would you feel the need to turn it bright red?

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I don't get it either. It's just a red cake. It doesn't taste any different to me.

 

[Angelhalo]

I don't make my red velvet cake with food coloring

 

[snapppyd]

I don't make my red velvet cake with food coloring

How do you make it red? Every recipe I've seen calls for red food coloring.

 

[Angelhalo]

How do you make it red? Every recipe I've seen calls for red food coloring.

I make my own food coloring from beets. You can't tell any difference in the taste and no nasty food coloring junk in my cake! Huzzah!

Lemme see if I can find the recipe.....I found it on the internet

Ahhhh here ya go!

http://www.ehow.com/how_4793534_red-food-coloring.html

 

[snapppyd]

Very interesting, I applaud you for using natural coloring.

 

[mhsjax]

I'm not a fan of food coloring so I really don't get it? If you like devil's food why would you feel the need to turn it bright red?

But it isn't true Devils food cake. It has way less chocolate and also buttermilk. Now I do get that some can't handle food coloring, my mom would not eat any cake that had blue icing on it. But the cake itself is a different recipe.

 

[MELSMICE]

But it isn't true Devils food cake. It has way less chocolate and also buttermilk. Now I do get that some can't handle food coloring, my mom would not eat any cake that had blue icing on it. But the cake itself is a different recipe.

One of my DD's makes red velvet cupcakes from scratch. It does have a lot of food coloring in it. I honestly don't remember her putting chocolate in them. They are delicious.

She makes homemade cream cheese frosting for them. In fact, she just made some the other day & I'm going to snag one up as soon as I'm done with this post!

 

[mhsjax]

One of my DD's makes red velvet cupcakes from scratch. It does have a lot of food coloring in it. I honestly don't remember her putting chocolate in them. They are delicious.

She makes homemade cream cheese frosting for them. In fact, she just made some the other day & I'm going to snag one up as soon as I'm done with this post!

I actually had to google the recipe, I have never made it. However, DD loves Red Velvet. She discovered it at a small little whole in the wall diner up in South Carolina. It has cream cheese frosting also. All the recipes I found called for just about 1 tablespoon of cocoa and that is it. But like I said. I have never made it. I would not be able to contain myself and if I made cupcakes, I would eat every last one of them.

Have one for me please.

 

[minkydog]

I think Red Velvet cake must be a southern thing. Every wedding shower I've ever been to had either a Red Velvet cake or an Italian Cream Cake. When we ordered our own wedding cake, the baker felt so sorry for us--we were very poor college students--he made us a Red Velvet groom's cake. Neither of us remember the wedding cake, but that grooms cake was delicious!

My favorite red velvet cake ever was the one in Steel Magnolias. They made it look like an armadillo and when they cut it, it looked like road kill Yup,its a southern thang.

 

[MELSMICE]

I actually had to google the recipe, I have never made it. However, DD loves Red Velvet. She discovered it at a small little whole in the wall diner up in South Carolina. It has cream cheese frosting also. All the recipes I found called for just about 1 tablespoon of cocoa and that is it. But like I said. I have never made it. I would not be able to contain myself and if I made cupcakes, I would eat every last one of them.

Have one for me please.

It was very good. I chose the one with the most frosting too & I could feel very last calorie sticking to my hips!!!

 

[honugirl]

I believe the Red Velvet cake originally was kind of red because of the chemical interaction between the vinegar and the cocoa, now they play it up with food coloring. The original recipe is kind of a brownish red I think.

 

[rie'smom]

Made from scratch red velvet cakes tastes different than those made from the boxed red velvet cake mix. The scratch cakes have more zing and
the icing is much tastier. I don't like the cake enough to go through the trouble though.

 

[Conservative Hippie]

My favorite red velvet cake ever was the one in Steel Magnolias. They made it look like an armadillo and when they cut it, it looked like road kill Yup,its a southern thang.

The bleeding armadillo! I looove red velvet cake, I'm going to make some for Valentine's Day..maybe some red velvet cake pops....

 

[ChristmasElf]

Duncan Hines makes a red velvet cake mix. Instead of water, use buttermilk or sour cream. Easy and tastes like it was made from scratch.

Very moist too!

 

[beattyfamily]

How timely this thread is! I just read an aticle about red velvet cake yesterday.

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/food/8-essentials-for-authentic-red-velvet-cake-2451699/

It's about the 8 essentials fo true, authentic red velvet cake....

1. The cake must have some cocoa, but not too much because it is not a chocolate cake.

2. The cake must have red food coloring; beet juice does not add the right kind of red.

3. The cake must have cream cheese frosting.

4. There should be pecans. (This was news to me.)

5. You must use high-quality ingredients, including White Lily flour, a Southern specialty flour.

6. Precise measurements and meticulous attention to detail are key for this cake; therefore, it must be made in small, easy-to handle, family-sized batches. (Mass-produced batter just doesn't cut it. Sorry, large-scale bakeries.)

7. You must use a hand-held electric mixer, not a stand mixer: Larger machines can over-mix the batter, which sometimes prevents the cake from rising properly.

8. Red velvet cake batter needs vegetable oil, not butter or shortening. Oil yields a very moist cake.

It says it originated in NYC but became a Southern favorite/specialty.

Also, it included one of the best red velvet recipies:

Paula Deen’s Red Velvet Cupcakes from Food Network

* 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
* 1 1/2 cups sugar
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon cocoa powder
* 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
* 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
* 2 large eggs, room temperature
* 2 tablespoons red food coloring
* 1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 (12-cup) muffin pans with cupcake papers. In a medium mixing bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. In a large bowl gently beat together the oil, buttermilk, eggs, food coloring, vinegar, and vanilla with a handheld electric mixer. Add the sifted dry ingredients to the wet and mix until smooth and thoroughly combined.

Divide the batter evenly among the cupcake tins about 2/3 filled. Bake in oven for about 20 to 22 minutes, turning the pans once, half way through. Test the cupcakes with a toothpick for doneness. Remove from oven and cool completely before frosting.

For the Cream Cheese Frosting

* 1 pound cream cheese, softened
* 2 sticks butter, softened
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
* Chopped pecans and fresh raspberries or strawberries, for garnish

In a large mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla together until smooth. Add the sugar and on low speed, beat until incorporated. Increase the speed to high and mix until very light and fluffy.

Garnish with chopped pecans, fresh raspberry or strawberry, or sprinkles.

 

[mhsjax]

I think Red Velvet cake must be a southern thing. Every wedding shower I've ever been to had either a Red Velvet cake or an Italian Cream Cake. When we ordered our own wedding cake, the baker felt so sorry for us--we were very poor college students--he made us a Red Velvet groom's cake. Neither of us remember the wedding cake, but that grooms cake was delicious!

My favorite red velvet cake ever was the one in Steel Magnolias. They made it look like an armadillo and when they cut it, it looked like road kill Yup,its a southern thang.

Yep. "nothin like a good piece of ***" That was one of my favorite lines.

 

[snapppyd]

It's just not my thing, I like chocolate cake. Red cake just seems wrong somehow

 

[eliza61]

The bleeding armadillo! I looove red velvet cake, I'm going to make some for Valentine's Day..maybe some red velvet cake pops....

LOL. I just watched this last night. Anyway, I don't use food coloring in my red velvet cake. It is not a "bright" red color though. more of a browish rust red.

 

[mhsjax]

It's just not my thing, I like chocolate cake. Red cake just seems wrong somehow

Because Red Velvet isn't really chocolate cake, just because you do lie chocolate doesn't mean that you would like Red Velvet. My dad loves chocolate cake, and in fact anything chocolate but didn't like Red Velvet cake. My mom, was the same as you, she just couldn't get past the red color. She refuse to eat it.

I can take it or leave it, but my DD loves it.