Bitch, please.

Cake-related PSA

cabell:

boom-swagger:

ellenbee:

huskerdont:

notmetaphoric:

tawny:

gotitatversayce:

You guys, red velvet cake is just chocolate cake with a boatload of red food coloring in it. It’s really not that difficult to comprehend. I don’t understand why the world collectively freaks out over it. Just go eat some chocolate cake. Good grief.

Carry on.

the world needs to know

I had no idea. But now that I do know, red velvet anything can fuck off for fooling us all for so long.

Yup. 

EXCUSE ME WELCOME TO MY BIG PET PEEVE

this explains why i don’t like it.

This is is how red velvet cake is frequently made now, but actually, it used to use only a small amount of cocoa powder processed in such a way that the acid in buttermilk turned it red.  With the change in processing for most cocoa powder, that no longer worked, and now you see people using food coloring to make the red color, and often significantly increasing the amount of chocolate.

Yeah, ITT: people getting wound up about shit that is wrong and also inconsequential.

This shouldn’t annoy me as much as it does, but I guess I’m on a pedantic chef flex.

1. xmasandribena reblogged this from genderbitch and added:

   plus chocolate cake doesn’t usually have that kind of frosting, and red food just tastes better.

2. thekittyofallcosmos likes this
3. oheyitskt reblogged this from hamburgerjack
4. aboyscoutandabrownie reblogged this from cabell and added:

   It also has a very distinctive texture. Like, I know it’s red-dyed chocolate cake; I’ve made it before. But there’s...

5. hamburgerjack reblogged this from sourcedumal and added:

   Yeah, it’s not chocolate cake. If it was, it’d be nasty. Cause I don’t fucking like chocolate cake.

6. hamburgerjack likes this
7. scientia-rex reblogged this from cabell and added:

   If you want to read about it, the America’s Test Kitchen cookbook has explanations before most of the recipes in it....

8. clareer likes this
9. bilt2tumble reblogged this from sugaredvenom and added:

   appealing because it’s...remains of our fallen foes

10. blackrosegreenmoss likes this
11. ladyfabulous likes this
12. koalasloverain reblogged this from glossylalia and added:

    the person up there talking about the buttermilk is right. If you just make me a red chocolate cake, and there is no...

13. sickelgaita reblogged this from genderbitch
14. sandwichpresss likes this
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16. lexmix likes this
17. nanner reblogged this from glossylalia and added:

    Fuck you, because proper Red Velvet has fucking buttermilk in it. And sour cream is you know what you’re doing. Back off...

18. goldenheartedrose reblogged this from bittergrapes and added:

    ^^ Yep. It’s the frosting that makes it.

19. farmerinthedelll likes this
20. glossylalia reblogged this from sourcedumal and added:

    What OP described is pure lies. Somebody told you wrong. Red Velvet is Red Velvet. The ultimate holiday cake. And never...

21. chels-e-lately reblogged this from sugaredvenom and added:

    Yeah, it definitely doesn’t have enough cocoa powder to be considered chocolate cake and I wouldn’t use buttermilk or...

22. sourcedumal reblogged this from genderbitch and added:

    Man, don’t be hatin on my red velvet cake. It ain’t chocolate cake. It. Just. Ain’t.

23. genderbitch likes this
24. sugaredvenom reblogged this from genderbitch and added:

    Paula Deen’s favourite cake is blue velvet!

25. bittergrapes reblogged this from genderbitch and added:

    Red velvet cake usually comes with cream cheese frosting. Chocolate cake does not. Boom.

26. genderbitch reblogged this from sugaredvenom and added:

    Maybe I just want my chocolate cake to be red, ever think of that? :o

27. kinetic-earth reblogged this from cabell and added:

    ummm let’s not forget...cream cheese icing, as well. That’s part

28. rarishes reblogged this from brogigay0 and added:

    Why the hell do so many people hate on red velvet cake. It’s red cake okay. Enjoy the novelty. Shut up.

29. cabell reblogged this from snack-tray and added:

    This is is how red velvet cake is frequently made now, but actually, it used to use only a small amount of cocoa powder...

30. bubblejoys likes this
31. katedanley reblogged this from snack-tray and added:

    Red velvet is merely a conveyance device for cream cheese frosting.

32. theunicorn-princess likes this
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34. doyourwardance reblogged this from ellenbee and added:

    THANK YOU.

35. librariansoul likes this
36. brogigay0 reblogged this from dippyface and added:

    even if it was just chocolate cake who CARES everybody lost their shit over green ketchup

37. giveupthelotus likes this
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39. snack-tray reblogged this from ellenbee and added:

    this explains why i don’t like it.

40. mokin likes this
41. oppatitties reblogged this from theterriblefriendzone and added:

    Nonono, don’t ever compare chocolate to red velvet. Red velvet has very little chocolate in it, and I don’t like it too...

42. dippyface reblogged this from theterriblefriendzone
43. theterriblefriendzone reblogged this from sgxyz and added:

    AND some people make it without chocolate at all, or even without that much red! also the original red velvet cake was...

44. hsnahr likes this
45. sgxyz reblogged this from tawny and added:

    But it also has vanilla extract, which hugely contributes to the flavour and isn’t used in normal chocolate cake, and...

46. s-plum reblogged this from sammijawsome and added:

    Red Velvet cake has a bit more of a sharp/tangy taste...because the batter is

47. partylifestyle likes this
48. ellenbee reblogged this from huskerdont and added:

    EXCUSE ME WELCOME TO MY BIG PET PEEVE

49. sammijawsome reblogged this from notmetaphoric and added:

    I knew this from making it and I still really don’t care. If I knew more about food and aesthetics I would say something...

50. huskerdont reblogged this from notmetaphoric and added:

    Yup.

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