Red Velvet is the Lady Gaga of layer cakes. Dramatic, over-the-top, in-your-face and artificially coloured. You either love it or hate it. As long as you are redding up the house for the holidays, you ...

In the pantheon of food-related shark jumps, red velvet cake body mist may well be the greatest leap of all. Red velvet cake, once a reasonably tender, softly flavored culinary gimmick, has become a ...

Adapted from "Rose's Heavenly Cakes," by Rose Levy Beranbaum. For a more distinct chocolate flavor and a much darker red, you can use up to ¼ cup cocoa, sifted before measuring, but you must decrease ...

With its striking crimson crumb and contrasting swirls of silky white frosting, red velvet cake is both compelling and mysterious. Not quite chocolate and definitely not vanilla, its flavor lies ...