Red Velvet Cake
2 ¼ cups sifted cake flour (sifted first, then measured—not self rising)
2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 cup buttermilk, well shaken
1 tablespoon red food coloring
1 teaspoon distilled white vinegar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 ½ cups sugar
½ cup (1 stick) [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Red Velvet Cake Recipe
Posted in Recipes, tagged recipe, red, velvet on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Red Velvet
Posted in entertaining, tagged cake, red, velvet on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m such a tease. For my February column (phillyburbs.com) I will be writing a piece on Red Velvet Cake and its effect on me. When I say effect I mean the near obsession I had with this cake last summer. From what I considered a rather bland cake vis a vis flavor, with just a [...]
The Big Easy
Posted in Recipes, tagged jambalaya on January 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
January is for Jambalaya
Several years ago, we spent New Year’s Eve in The Big Easy…New Orleans. To say it was fun would be an understatement. In that it was New Year’s Eve in New Orleans, not only were we ringing in the New Year with the expected New Year’s revelers, but being that the [...]
