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Red Velvet Cake

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Red velvet cake is a red-colored layer cake finished with cream cheese or ermine icing, made with ingredients including flour, cocoa powder, buttermilk or vinegar, butter, eggs and, in modern versions, red food coloring. Its exact origin is unclear, though it became well known in the Southern United States, with both the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York and Eaton's in Canada claiming credit for the recipe. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Course
Dessert 1
Dietary Suitability
Contains Dairy or Egg 1
Origin Period, From (Year)
from 1800 2
Origin Region
United States 3
Connections

Expresses Tradition

Cacao Fermentation and Chocolate Making, Food Traditions
Source Red velvet cake (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Buttermilk, Ingredients
Source Red velvet cake (Wikipedia)
Cream Cheese, Ingredients
Source Red velvet cake (Wikipedia)
Vinegar, Ingredients
Source Red velvet cake (Wikipedia)
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1. Red velvet cake (Wikipedia)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_velvet_cake
    The origin of the cake is unknown, although it is popular in the Southern United States and has been served as a dessert at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria hotel since the 1920s.
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_velvet_cake (dietary-suitability)
    Red velvet cake is a red-colored layer cake with cream cheese or ermine icing.
  • Expresses Tradition: Cacao Fermentation and Chocolate Making, Wikipedia category: Category:Chocolate cakes
  • Uses Ingredient: Buttermilk, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Vinegar, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
  • Uses Ingredient: Cream Cheese, Infobox food/dish main_ingredient field
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2. Red Velvet Cake (Wikipedia)
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Additionally, in the 19th century, the first recipes for chocolate cakes appeared, with some including buttermilk, which, when combined with raw cocoa powder, would turn the batter and resulting cake a naturally occurring burgundy hue.
3. Red Velvet Cake (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): United States
Quote, P495 (country of origin): United States
United States
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