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Anonymous
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I want to buy or make a red velvet cake with no food dye.
Does anyone have experience baking such a cake? I have read online a recipe that looks decent but it calls for beet powder. http://baking-decorating-cakes.suite101.com/article.cfm/naturally_colored_red_velvet_cake I need to make this by Saturday so I don't know if I have time to order beet powder on-line. Does anyone know either where I can buy an "all natural" red velvet cake, or where I can get some beet powder this week?? |
Anonymous
| Hope you find it! Sorry I know no sources. |
Anonymous
| I'd call Whole Foods and Pensey's Spices and see if they've got it. |
Anonymous
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I found some information in case anyone ever does a search ont his topic (unlikely!!).
www.cakelove.com sells red velvet cupcakes and cakes, including a version with no red dye (but it is a brown looking cake). I ordered beet powder from http://www.nutsonline.com/cookingbaking/powders/beet.html?gclid=CMSjkLyt054CFcZM5Qod3Fxcrg |
Anonymous
| if you feel strongly about not using dye, i would seriously just do an altogether different flavor. |
Anonymous
Yeah, it is kind of looking that way! |
Anonymous
Red Velvet cake is just a chocolate cake, right? Why not just omit the color? It's what I always do -- I could never really figure out the point of the "red" part anyway. Just to use food coloring? |
Anonymous
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OP here. I've never had Red Velvet cake, but my mom made it last year for my son's birthday, and my son loved it and remembers it fondly. It's the ONLY cake he wants for his birthday. My husband also loves the cake. So, although I'm not a baker and don't even like cake, I'm happy to try to make it.
I've been asking all the sotherners I know if the red color is important part to the cake, and they all affirm that, yes, it is. So, I'm just taking their word for it -- there's something about the red that makes the cake more appealing, makes it more "red velvety" and more special. If I do not want the cake to be red, I guess I would just make a chocolate cake. But I was trying to see if there were a way to make the cake only without the red food coloring. Apparently, not so much. I did find the one recipe I posted earlier, but honestly, that recipe looks more like a souffle or something than a cake. |
Anonymous
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For anyone who may care:
I just made my first attempt at the red velvet cake. I followed this recipe exactly -- http://www.cakemanraven.com/recipe.htm# and it came out perfectly and tastes delicious. I can't see why it wouldn't taste just as good without red dye, but I'm a northerner, what do I know? |
Anonymous
| I just found out that Mom's Organic Market (locations in Alexandria & Maryland) carries beet powder in their bulk foods section--at least that's what they told me over the phone. As of today (March 4, 2010), they were out of stock, but expecting a shipment soon. I know that didn't help you back in December, but for future reference / anyone else who was wondering. |
Anonymous
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I have been researching no-dye red velvet cake for a few weeks now! I ordered my beet powder from Amazon, specifically, Barry Farm's powder because it looked more red than the others. I got it yesterday, and it IS really really bright red! I have yet to experiment, but I have also read that baking soda promotes browning, so to omit it or find a recipe that does not use it. Also, processed cocoa powder will not have the same reddening chemical reaction that natural cocoa powder will, so be careful which cocoa you use. I also have this links to work with: http://baking-decorating-cakes.suite101.com/article.cfm/naturally_colored_red_velvet_cake and http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/seeing-red/
Good luck! |
Anonymous
| Pureed beets baby food? |