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  • @octaviushilbert8307
    @octaviushilbert8307 Рік тому +52

    A red velvet cake is not only about the colour, but also its velvety texture. When the acidic buttermilk and cocoa (or cacao) react with the alkaline baking soda and baking powder, the fizzing of carbon dioxide bubbles creates the unique texture that resembles pancakes soaked in syrup.
    The majority of recipes out there do not contain enough alkaline ingredients to react with the acidic ingredients. If you've only had crumbly or airy red velvet cakes, you have not had a properly made one. Most people see the Ronald McDonald red colour and immediately think that they are having a velvet cake. Technically, you could have a brown velvet cake, and it would be more like the real thing than a bright red sponge cake.
    Flavour is important as well. The cake needs a subtle chocolate taste, so neither a chocolate cake nor a vanilla cake dyed red.

  • @abc-wv4in
    @abc-wv4in 2 роки тому +92

    It's not "just" a chocolate cake. It contains buttermilk and usually a little vinegar, which most chocolate cakes don't. I like your historical recipes.

    • @rarity4989
      @rarity4989 Рік тому +3

      It’s used Chocolate. It’s a chocolate cake with food coloring

    • @smtandearthboundsuck8400
      @smtandearthboundsuck8400 7 місяців тому

      ​@@rarity4989if you're a lazy fraud

    • @furthings
      @furthings 5 місяців тому +4

      Word! As far as I know it's described as an in-between of vanilla and chocolate. Plus the vinegar, buttermilk, and cacao makes it even more distinct

  • @Agispsi
    @Agispsi 2 роки тому +54

    This cake is missing an added acid which is why it is barely red. Add citrus juice or vinegar to increase the chemical reaction that makes the cake naturally red.

    • @tiffanyshell7375
      @tiffanyshell7375 Рік тому +14

      Buttermilk is her acidic ingredient.

    • @sussybaka119
      @sussybaka119 Рік тому

      And also it is utter crap

    • @furthings
      @furthings 5 місяців тому +5

      @@tiffanyshell7375 I've seen lots of people do buttermilk and vinegar! Just buttermilk may not have been enough

  • @ST-fw5iq
    @ST-fw5iq 4 роки тому +117

    That girl was awesome and I'd watch her all day. Hysterical and cute. More please.

  • @lindasegraves6207
    @lindasegraves6207 4 роки тому +141

    I loved the cake presentation but really No Music Needed. Especially when she is talking, the music is very loud.

    • @spoonerpurple
      @spoonerpurple 2 роки тому +5

      So annoying and distracting almost shut it off

    • @nopantsjones
      @nopantsjones Рік тому +4

      I didn’t fully agree at first, but by halfway I thought the music overpowered the host & by the end I was legit struggling to hear what she had to say.
      The video was entertaining enough even if it was silent. Sound mixing & music choices were a fail for sure.

  • @loris1275
    @loris1275 3 роки тому +9

    I can't believe people thought taking chocolate out of a cake and adding in so much red food coloring that you could taste it, was a good idea. The coloring was really more important than the flavor? Not on my plate! I'm surprised how many food bloggers do not agree and post their recipes with food coloring as "original". I had to filter through a lot of recipes to find this.
    When I learned real red velvet is basically devil's food, I started just making devil's food cake with the cooked milk frosting. I now have non alkalized cocoa and I'm so excited to try it!
    I love that you shared the history of the cake while you were making it.

  • @gerardjohnson2106
    @gerardjohnson2106 4 роки тому +72

    Wonderful recipe and the enthusiastic young lady presenting makes this video enjoyable to watch. I really liked the history lesson about "red velvet" cake.

  • @Paldea07
    @Paldea07 4 роки тому +79

    Thank goodness this is the legit Red Velvet Cake.
    Some channels claims that their recipe are the REAL Red Velvet since they didn't use any red food coloring but instead they used beets for *natural* red color. YOU STILL USED SOMETHING TO DYE YOUR CAKE.

    • @nadinarodriguezcornaglia4433
      @nadinarodriguezcornaglia4433 4 роки тому +1

      @simplegateaux I've never tried RVC, but I was always intrigued by it. Which recipe would you recommend? Also, I'm from a small town in Argentina. It is difficult for me to find ingredients such as buttermilk (which I replace with regular milk with vinegar or lemon juice). Thanx in advance!

    • @nadinarodriguezcornaglia4433
      @nadinarodriguezcornaglia4433 4 роки тому

      @simplegateaux Thanx! I'll try it! Just a few questions. First: do you actually WEIGH the buttermilk? Second: what do you mean by "cake flour"? Is it flour with a leavening agent, or plain flour with a finer "grain", so to speak? Finally: what do you use for frosting/icing?

    • @nadinarodriguezcornaglia4433
      @nadinarodriguezcornaglia4433 4 роки тому

      @simplegateaux Thanx a lot!! It's always difficult with foreign recipes, to get the exact ingredients. Your protein-&-finer-grain explanation is by far the clearest I've ever read. I'll try the recipe with my son!!

    • @gandaruvu
      @gandaruvu 4 роки тому +7

      @simplegateaux real contemporary red velvet might not be a chocolate cake, but it was a chocolate cake originally. Like what the video said, and also if you looked up online, the non-dutch processed cocoa is pretty much the main colouring of the cake, so it played a big role in the original recipe.

    • @alexanderhood8993
      @alexanderhood8993 3 роки тому +6

      @simplegateaux Traditional recipes do not use food coloring, with the red color due to non-Dutched, anthocyanin-rich cocoa.[1][3][4]

  • @marblueony754
    @marblueony754 3 роки тому +6

    I've researched the original frosting of red velvet cake before, and it was this ermine frosting. But it's so hard to find a recipe of red velvet cake with ermine frosting. I'm so glad I found this video.

  • @angypingu666
    @angypingu666 4 роки тому +59

    the music is a bit distracting during the parts where she's talking ngl

  • @jesicajimenez2172
    @jesicajimenez2172 4 роки тому +21

    I love your historical cake video. I also love your fun and enthusiastic personality! However, one critique is that the “background” music, its too loud to be background music. It’s difficult to hear you over the loud music. 😕
    Love your videos can’t wait to see more!

  • @shanicef951
    @shanicef951 4 роки тому +21

    I love how entertaining you are ❤ plus the recipe and history of this lovely Red velvet cake

  • @gan5383
    @gan5383 Рік тому +2

    "CACAOOOO!!! I've been waiting for like two weeks to say that!" - YOU LOOK SO CUTE BEING THAT HAPPY 😂

  • @elizabethmarie2396
    @elizabethmarie2396 4 роки тому +31

    CACAO !! 🔥☄ 😆

  • @lamnhi
    @lamnhi 4 роки тому +4

    I like the way you show the recipe like you are telling a story. After watch it, all of my questions about redvelvetcake had the answers. Thank you so much 😘

  • @korenmoscovich4681
    @korenmoscovich4681 3 роки тому +4

    Out of the millions of red velvet recipes... By miles the best!!

  • @zamora77786
    @zamora77786 4 роки тому +3

    Fricken THANK YOU! I've told so many ppl about what red velvet cake is supposed to be. Love the video.

  • @dotsscrapbooking
    @dotsscrapbooking 2 роки тому +7

    You are so informative and funny. I couldn't stop watching. I love the idea of NOT using all that food coloring! I haven't heard of ermine frosting. Can't wait to try that out!

  • @alwaysvictoria9455
    @alwaysvictoria9455 2 роки тому +3

    Within first 3 seconds, you had me in your corner. Love your personality. Now, I'm going to watch the video! Thinking of making this for Christmas.

  • @DonnaMSchmid
    @DonnaMSchmid 4 роки тому +56

    Oh God, ENOUGH WITH THE OVER-POWERING MUSIC!!!

  • @justme-np9io
    @justme-np9io 4 роки тому +3

    Your upbeat personally is amazing! Thank you for the awesome video!

  • @taybamohd7712
    @taybamohd7712 3 роки тому +11

    So happy to see this original red velvet recipe as i am so sick of all the fake recipes out there that use red food coloring. 90% of people dont know that red velvet cake is made with cacao. Thats really sad.

    • @TheCatFan21
      @TheCatFan21 Рік тому

      It took this video for me to finally connect the dots that cacao powder ≠ cocoa powder. I've wanted this info for years and it was right under my nose.

  • @thebearcouncil8810
    @thebearcouncil8810 3 роки тому +12

    This is a lovely video, but I was a bit sad to see that the recipe linked only listed the ingredients by cups instead of by weight. I have had my fair share of baking projects fail before I got myself a proper kitchen scale, and it's such a cumbersome task to first convert all the cups into grams, and then hope that the measurements given in the recipe actually match up with the estimated weight.
    Pretty please with strange looking bears on top could you update the recipe to include measurements by weight as well?

  • @fishsticks850
    @fishsticks850 Рік тому +6

    There is a difference between red chocolate cake and red velvet cake. Red velvet uses cocoa, buttermilk and vinegar. White vinegar turns the cocoa maroon and ads depth of flavor.

  • @jusbendo
    @jusbendo 4 роки тому +1

    Very informative! I loved watching this! Thank you!!

  • @sm-65datlas23
    @sm-65datlas23 3 роки тому +5

    I just had a lot of fun watching her. A lot of trivias and funny moments. Love it

  • @Thewitchesflame
    @Thewitchesflame 2 роки тому +4

    Does this girl have her own channel? Love her personality!

  • @GodsObedientChild-Deuteron6262
    @GodsObedientChild-Deuteron6262 4 роки тому +7

    Love, love, love your personality😄 💕❤🙌👍!!!

  • @reginaharris8261
    @reginaharris8261 4 роки тому +6

    I will try I like original old SCHOOL EVERYTHING. EXCELLENT!!!

  • @irnvl
    @irnvl 3 роки тому +1

    New subscriber just for that opening hahah. This is going to be my birthday cake this year for sure!

  • @natalijaparadiso7566
    @natalijaparadiso7566 4 роки тому +3

    Wonderful recipe ❤❤❤

  • @badrabbit0077
    @badrabbit0077 4 роки тому +53

    The "Fact of the day" sound was too loud, makes it hard for us to hear her over it. Edit: In fact, all of the music bits are too loud. I didn't come here to hear the music, I want to hear her.

  • @crthompson1793
    @crthompson1793 Рік тому +1

    Loved the video!! I will try it!

  • @thatawkwardchannel
    @thatawkwardchannel 4 роки тому +2

    A gave this video a like in the first 10 seconds because I knew then I was in for an adventure!

  • @beckypotz6656
    @beckypotz6656 Рік тому +1

    Love this recipe for Red Velvet Cake. My ma has one that uses the red food coloring going to try this one and use it as part of a checker board cake and use the frosting that was used in the video.

  • @sandym8547
    @sandym8547 2 роки тому +1

    Great video! I love your personality!

  • @Poonamsmartkitchen
    @Poonamsmartkitchen 4 роки тому

    Nice

  • @nagalakshmiarul751
    @nagalakshmiarul751 2 роки тому +1

    Amazing 😍!

  • @ameliewong8228
    @ameliewong8228 4 роки тому

    Omg I love you so much!

  • @janessavankoppen
    @janessavankoppen Рік тому

    this video was so entertaining, awesome to see a historical version of red velvet!! I had no idea that was the difference between cocoa and cacao!! I just wish the music wasn't so loud lol

  • @davidemoore
    @davidemoore 3 роки тому +2

    You just made my day a happy day, what an enthusiastic 'performance' Love it! Now I just need to find that raw cacao here in Germany :-)

  • @blessymary
    @blessymary 4 роки тому +3

    Awesome

  • @michaelbarton5169
    @michaelbarton5169 Місяць тому

    Okay, this was hilarious and sneaky geeky informative! My favorite combo. Everything was perfect. I didn't even make it through the video before I subscribed... in fact, I subscribed at the sound of the angels because it made me laugh out loud. Can't wait to chk out your other videos. For instance, I love that this a recipe for real food with real ingredients and no fake stuff. 👍👍 Cheers!

  • @karolkhal
    @karolkhal 3 роки тому

    I really appreciate you share those secrets

  • @quanaalexander742
    @quanaalexander742 2 роки тому +7

    I made a vegan red velvet cake using non-alkalized cacao powder and it turned out beautifully! The color was a pretty cherry cola/dr pepper red as you said. 💕

    • @sussybaka119
      @sussybaka119 Рік тому +1

      That was the stupidest sh¡t I've ever heard

  • @josephinegaeta9373
    @josephinegaeta9373 2 роки тому

    so fun watching you!!!!!

  • @lisaboban
    @lisaboban 4 роки тому +19

    Great recipe - I LOVE Elise. But who the hell produced this? They should be fired. The music is WAY too loud and the sound is completely unbalanced. Elise is your next great AR star. She deserves a better producer.

  • @shirazmoradian3914
    @shirazmoradian3914 3 роки тому +3

    It shouldn't have that much coco powder in it, and where is the vinegar?

  • @jaswutucookin
    @jaswutucookin Рік тому +1

    I appreciate you making a real red velvet.

  • @thesavvybassist
    @thesavvybassist 3 роки тому +1

    Yay! I was hoping you’d tell the Adam’s story!

  • @howardthepomeranian8058
    @howardthepomeranian8058 4 роки тому

    You are so much fun.

  • @helenanagnostopoulou8710
    @helenanagnostopoulou8710 3 роки тому +1

    I just found your red velvet cake recipe and I can't wait to try it. Especially because there's no red coloring. Please do something about the loud music while you're talking. Thank you.

  • @lindabauman9647
    @lindabauman9647 2 роки тому +2

    you are hilarious and super fun to watch!

  • @maryellenvanek1495
    @maryellenvanek1495 3 місяці тому

    Great video, all that valuable info, and humor ( I laughed out loud ) 😅 . YOU are adorable ❤

  • @maggiecheungblaize8647
    @maggiecheungblaize8647 3 роки тому

    Hi. New to your channel and love your personality already. Keep that attitude girl. 👍

  • @sunflower_bean8299
    @sunflower_bean8299 3 роки тому

    i loved this! :))

  • @ringozeitgeist
    @ringozeitgeist 3 роки тому

    What a sweetie!

  • @vamp4732
    @vamp4732 2 роки тому +4

    Isn't there supposed to be vinegar?

    • @Agispsi
      @Agispsi 2 роки тому +1

      That's why she didn't have a red cake at the end lol, yes vinegar or another acid like citrus juice (vinegar is original)

    • @vamp4732
      @vamp4732 2 роки тому +2

      @@Agispsi oh okay that makes sense. I heard that to make it a "velvet cake" it needs vinegar as well as buttermilk.

  • @Zenithxblack
    @Zenithxblack 4 роки тому +2

    I just want to say that I loathe red velvet anything, but- I'd totally try this! I love your content! You have enlightened me!

  • @Lagodota
    @Lagodota 2 роки тому +1

    this lady reminds me so much of sookie from gilmore girls. so bubbly, so fun

  • @kymmoore853
    @kymmoore853 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for the history and the original recipe, too many of these floating about chucking in food colouring 😫

  • @Casimira26
    @Casimira26 3 роки тому

    I just love her! And the recipe is very interesting. So bad buttermilk is hard to find in my country.

    • @vuyokazimthethwa
      @vuyokazimthethwa 3 роки тому +2

      You can make your own. For every 1 cup of milk, you put 1 tablespoon of white vinger or lemon juice and leave to curdle for a few minutes

  • @sheilahtaylor3005
    @sheilahtaylor3005 Рік тому

    That host is fantastic!!! I could WATCH HER ALL DAY!

  • @Thesnarkyduck
    @Thesnarkyduck 3 роки тому +1

    Loved the energy. But the reason why it is red is because since it is acidic the anthocyanins in the chocolate stay red. They are ph dependent.

  • @Swaesyy
    @Swaesyy 2 роки тому +1

    ANY RED VELVET STANS HERE?
    WHERE MA REVELUV AT?

  • @oliviadas205
    @oliviadas205 4 роки тому +6

    Its not red

  • @chrzrd.
    @chrzrd. 4 роки тому +4

    All 'coco' powder is cacao powder in the UK

    • @fayhoopertatamic9548
      @fayhoopertatamic9548 3 роки тому

      I'm from UK...
      Cocoa powder the processed Cadbury/Bournville/usual supermarket cooking cocoa IS different to raw, unprocessed cacao you can buy in Holland and Barrett which is used in her recipe.

  • @irie7iv
    @irie7iv 3 роки тому

    Yummy

  • @cheryljohnson206
    @cheryljohnson206 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome video! just the music drowns out your voice at times. Thank you for that history ❤️

  • @Someone-vn9ce
    @Someone-vn9ce 2 роки тому +3

    I love watching you, but if you had used a dutch cocoa like Red Brute or Guittard it would be a lot more red than using Cacao. That is true red velvet, reversed creamed with a red dutch cocoa and buttmilk or vinegar to neutralize the bitterness in the dutch cocoa.

    • @be.A.b
      @be.A.b Рік тому

      The consensus among food scientists and historians is that “natural” raw cocoa was used by the Victorians to make red velvet cake.

  • @naomiomi7340
    @naomiomi7340 Рік тому

    THANK YOU FOR SAYING VOILA instead or wala - that I hear so often! Also, thank you for making a proper red velvet!

  • @thehighrisebakery7003
    @thehighrisebakery7003 3 роки тому +1

    Does Smart Cookie have an instagram or something I can follow? I need more of this energy!

  • @shaniquequa7
    @shaniquequa7 3 роки тому +2

    You didnt add the vinegar

  • @tommyboyio1363
    @tommyboyio1363 2 роки тому +1

    Red velvet is Chocolate cake in the same was that Scrambled eggs are Boiled eggs. They use the same basic ingredients but they're not the same, yes both are eggs but the preparation and resulting flavors are diffrent.
    The thing is Red velvet uses cocoa which is used to make chocolate but in the same way you wouldn't call cocoa powder Chocolate, you can't say Red velvet is Chocolate cake.

  • @gshalabama
    @gshalabama Місяць тому

    You my dear are a complete Joy 😘

  • @0nzn0
    @0nzn0 4 роки тому +1

    I have no idea why this video has less views!

  • @miajoven4849
    @miajoven4849 3 роки тому +1

    I need exact measurements, please...👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @kevinolesik1500
    @kevinolesik1500 2 роки тому +1

    i see the red ... this gal is sooo sweet XOX

  • @creativecheftamara
    @creativecheftamara 4 роки тому

    She is too hilarious!

  • @nestakorine
    @nestakorine 2 роки тому +2

    In case you’re wondering who this baker is, I found her at #smartcookie

  • @sharon9408
    @sharon9408 2 роки тому +4

    She’s a piece of cake. More more more of her.

  • @kamron_thurmond
    @kamron_thurmond Рік тому

    I don't really like chocolate but for some reason I like red velvet cake maybe because it's a super moist cake with almost a creamy flavor to it, and is not as bitter as regular chocolate cakes are.

  • @9415179506
    @9415179506 3 роки тому

    Thank you for sharing historical reciepe. Disappointed by the new colored version

  • @alishamidha8620
    @alishamidha8620 4 роки тому

    Superb Girl😀👍

  • @trhall7406
    @trhall7406 2 роки тому +1

    FANTASTIC!!!! ❤️❤️❤️YOU AND MY FAVE CAKE RECIPE. ANYONE THAT PREFERS CARCINOGENIC RED ARTIFICIAL COLORING OVER THIS RECIPE IS FRANKLY A WACKNUT!!!!! One minor thing…lower the music volume overall cuz too often hard to hear you. But other than that your channel is AWSOME! 🌟🌟🌟

  • @njrib
    @njrib Рік тому

    Ok I fell in love with her immediately, this is gonna be good

  • @tompetty85
    @tompetty85 3 роки тому +1

    Excelent video! The music was a bit loud thogh.

  • @Legerdomain8
    @Legerdomain8 3 роки тому +3

    I love her, I need more of her, she is just lovely

  • @joseroberto-ll2kn
    @joseroberto-ll2kn 4 роки тому

    Hi. May I translate this video to Portuguese and re-up it in my channel??

  • @dollyperry3020
    @dollyperry3020 4 роки тому

    I love her :)

  • @aidasa3791
    @aidasa3791 Рік тому +2

    Real one has vinegar from what I’ve read

  • @olenacalderon9352
    @olenacalderon9352 Рік тому

    For more of redness you can add a beetroot juice. I eat such thing in Beverly Hills. Those were cupcakes Red velvet of course. But they were red because of beetroot juice.

  • @tuts351
    @tuts351 3 роки тому

    She so cute ❤️

  • @safetydave720
    @safetydave720 4 роки тому +4

    You can use beet juice.

  • @phlg
    @phlg Рік тому

    this feels like dessert Matty Matheson.

  • @Hyla73
    @Hyla73 3 місяці тому +2

    This music is soooo loud!

  • @edwardolson2615
    @edwardolson2615 2 роки тому +1

    Oh, how I wish you would turn down that music 75% (or 100%) and reupload. Every time I watch this as a refresher I cannot get much more than halfway through before the music starts to drive me crazy!

  • @elainezaleschuk7663
    @elainezaleschuk7663 4 роки тому

    Where do you buy Cacao ?

  • @gcsusetyo
    @gcsusetyo Рік тому

    Great video by an awesome baker/presenter! While I love that this recipe omits the synthetic food colouring and lets the undutched cacao do its thing, I did read that original recipes of red velvet cake used beetroot juice for colouring. But I guess there is not one original historical recipe of red velvet cake, but at least several, and this video's source is one that does not include red vegetable juices for colouring.
    Anyway I am a bit disappointed to not find at least any references to beetroot juice in this video. Because without any red colouring agents, natural or synthetic, this does look like an ordinary chocolate cake. I guess it could be red like the presenter's hair, but objectively speaking it is mostly brown.
    I would have wanted to know how historical ingredients like beetroot juice would have influenced the taste of what is otherwise an acidic chocolate cake, and other whether swaps such as strawberry juice or red dragonfruit juice would work. I have never baked with any of these red vegetable juices but I imagine they probably add depth to a chocolate cake's flavour in ways that synthetic red food colouring can't.
    Another thing I remarked in this video was the lack of vanilla and spices in both the cake and the frosting. Doesn't it taste bland?
    I love learning about the boiled milk frosting, it is definitely something I can see myself making. But I think I prefer my red velvet cake with tangy cream cheese frosting, preferably one that contains vanilla, lemon juice and lemon peel.

  • @SuperSuman777
    @SuperSuman777 Рік тому

    ❤️