"Dee Randall" <deedoveyatshenteldotnet> wrote in message
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> "Vox Humana" > wrote in message
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> > "Dee Randall" <deedoveyatshenteldotnet> wrote in message
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> > > "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?
> >
> > You may be thinking about the chocolate cake vs. devil's food cake
debate.
> > It is true as I mentioned, that you can change the color of a chocolate
> cake
> > by altering the pH. None the less, the red velvet cake is an old
southern
> > recipe that relies on the use of food coloring. I posted a link to
> several
> > recipes.
>
> As I didn't see the link you posted, I googled and here is what I came up
> with in "ABOUT"
> http://southernfood.about.com/cs/cho...elvet_cake.htm
> that you might find interesting:
> "
> Although the details are sketchy at best, red velvet cake is not as
Southern
> as many like to think. The story, which began circulating some time in the
> 1940s, claimed that Manhattan's elegant Waldorf-Astoria granted a diner's
> request for the recipe, then a short time later sent her a bill in the
> amount of $100. The angry woman, apparently with revenge in mind, then
began
> circulating the recipe along with the story. Another "baked" legend with
the
> same storyline is the $250 Chocolate Chip Cookie, also known as the
> Neiman-Marcus Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe."

Yes, that is the same information that was in the link that I posted.
Although I doubt that fried chicken was invented in the south, I consider it
a southern dish - same with the red velvet cake.