"Ryan" > wrote in message
om...
> Hi,
>
> This is, I'm sure to many, a stupid question but I can't find a clear
> answer elsewhere.
>
> I am saddened to say that I have NEVER seen or eaten a "red velvet
> cake". I am ordering a cake for an occasion soon and it is an option
> available.
>
> From receipes I find online, it appears to simply be a chocolate cake
> with red food coloring to make it appear redish/brown.
>
> Am I correct with that assumption?
>
> Thanks!


I thought the reddish color of a cake was provided by the use of different
cocoas along with portions in varying amounts of soda. Of course, the easy
way would be to add food coloring, would it not? Didn't Roy Basan address
this at one time?

Dee