I've been hunting for an authentically Southern, i.e. with cocoa and without artificial red food coloring, Red Velvet cake for a few weeks now. The closest I've found so far are at Freed's Bakery, which was featured on $40 a Day with Rachel Ray. It's that neither chocolate nor vanilla flavor without the artificial taste and the velvety ruby color I remember from rainbow teas at church that's driving my search. That nostalgic longing along with today's Gluebook Yahoo Group prompt came together in this Valentine's Day journal page. I probably won't try the Red Velvet Whoopie Pies pictured in my spread (free registration required to access recipe), but let me know how they turn out if you do.
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Amanda, thanks for the reference. I'm adding this one to my recipes to try file.
Posted by: Angela | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at 05:11 PM
I too have searched for this. The closest I could come was a recipe by Paula Deen. She uses cocoa powder and just a little red food coloring. I've made them and they are delicious. I got her recipe off of foodnetwork.com
Posted by: Amanda | Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 01:02 PM