no, it is red because of a reaction between some of the ingredients used to make red velvet cake, cupcakes or whatever else.
It is a type of chocolate cake. Red velvet cake is not the same as adding red food coloring to chocolate cake. But if you want the same color as one, but don't mind it not tasting like a Red Velvet cake, you can add two ounces of red food coloring to a standard chocolate cake mix or recipe. Also, red velvet cake is usually frosted with a cream cheese frosting or a cooked, whipped frosting.
A red velvet cupcake is a slightly-less-than-chocolate cupcake with red food coloring in it.
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Red Velvet and chocolate cupcakes are basically the same thing, just red velvet has red coloring in it.More information:Red Velvet cake has very little cocoa while Chocolate cupcakes may have quite a bit of chocolate and/or cocoa, depending on the recipe. Red Velvet cake also includes buttermilk which gives a bit of a tang. So which is better depends entirely on individual preference.
Yes it was but since the slaves and the poor couldn't afford or get chocolate they came up with the original red velvet cake (not like the kind of red velvet that we have today). ===================================== Another Answer Yes, chocolate cake would have been around in the 1800s. It can possibly be traced back to 1764, but food historians cannot find mention of red velvet cake until around 1950.
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The question cannot be answered in any meaningful way. Red Velvet Cake is a TYPE of chocolate cake, and there are many other types of chocolate cake. Some are more moist than others, while some have milder or more intense chocolate flavor.
Red velvet cake is AMAZING I like it with white icing instead of cream cheese icing i think it tastes better oh and they also have red velvet ice cream it's really good the brand is Blue Bunny try it for yourself
Red velvet cake is a semi-chocolate cake that has had enough red food coloring added to it to make it look red. If you don't wish to add the food coloring, it would simply be a cake with a slight chocolate flavor and a cream cheese icing.
that's not the only difference. Red Velvet has some different ingrediants, and it has more oil in it. It's delicious
That is the correct spelling of the term "red velvet" (applied to fabric or to a special type of cake).