I was bored last night and decided to make red velvet cupcakes, but didn’t feel like wasting a ton of food colouring on it. But I was impressed with how red the batter is naturally (due to the combination of cocoa, vinegar and baking soda). Kinda cool actually; I wonder why the norm is to dye it deep ruby instead of just serving it this way.
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It looks good just the way it is. Yumm!
Looks good. Did you put frosting on them too?
Nah, the reason I made red velvet in the first place is because it uses vegetable oil and I was out of butter, so no icing. Still good though.
Agreed the nuclear crimson freaks me out!