Red Velvet

Red velvet cake is a cake with either a dark red, bright red or red-brown color. It's traditionally prepared as a layer cake topped with cream cheese or cooked roux icing. The reddish color is achieved by adding beetroot or red food coloring.

Common ingredients include buttermilk, butter, flour for the cake and for the color; cocoa, beetroot or red food coloring. The amount of cocoa used varies in different recipes. Cream cheese frosting and butter cream frosting are most commonly used.