The original Red Velvet Cake Recipe

Today so many red velvet cake recipes exist that knowing which the original ones are is difficult. To make the red velvet cake recipe mix even more confusing, a recipe for Philadelphia Red Cake that was included in The Perry Home Cook Book, published in 1920 also suggests a connection between Devil’s Food Cake and Red Velvet Cake. Today’s recipe for Red Devil’s Food Cake has not changed since the 1920’s and is very much like the Chocolate Devil’s Food Cake: this was done by melting chocolate squares in boiling water and baking soda then batter mixed with sour milk and egg whites.

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31 July 2009 | Home