What Is Red Velvet Cake?

Question

I have heard that it's yellow cake with red food coloring but I don't know. Is it like strawberry or raspberry or something? I want to know because I have a cake mix for it and I don't know what it tastes like! Please Help Me!

Answer 1

A Red velvet cake is a type of rich and sweet cake, with a distinctive dark red to bright red or red-brown color. Common ingredients include buttermilk, butter, flour, cocoa powder, and often either beets, or red food coloring. It is most popular in the Southern United States, though known in other regions. The most typical frosting for a red velvet cake is a butter roux icing also known as a cooked flour frosting. Cream cheese buttercream frostings are also popular.

Traditionalists believe that red velvet cakes must contain cocoa,[1] although recipes are available that do not contain any chocolate flavoring.[2][3]