Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Red Velvet Cake




Red Velvet cake with cream cheese buttercream, crushed pecans and toasted red velvet cake crumbs.


This was actually the first red velvet cake I've ever made. I know this sounds rediculous, but I am somewhat against a cake that's not really a flavor, and gets it's fame solely from the fact that it contains an insane amount of red food coloring. If red dye number 5 tastes so great, why don't we just drink it straight from the bottle? But I digress....


Long story short, my test subjects (co-workers I try recipes on) went crazy over it and devoured the whole thing. I must admit, it was an incredibly moist cake and the color is quite attractive.