Adventures in Red Velvet...

Today was the day.  16 years of letting the husbands mom make the "Red Cake" are over.  Today was the day.  Dun dun dun.

 This little bottle of food coloring looks innocent enough.  Just 1 ounce - that's all, right.  Once ounce of red disaster waiting to spot my t-shirt, my counter tops, my dish towels, and any thing else it happens to find in the process of being poured into the mixer !  This is no innocence in a bottle - it's an accident waiting to happen!

This is what happens when you add the whole bottle to a cake mix.  I'm sure there is a reason why in traditional red cakes you also use buttermilk and vinegar - but I must say I crinkled up my nose during the whole process.  Vinegar is something I avoid unless I'm using it to clean hard water deposits off of the shower.  Then it's the best thing since sliced bread !  I don't enjoy the smell or the taste and for the life of me, I cannot figure out who would want to eat it in cake ?

Here we are - nearly completed.  Maybe it's just me but doesn't the red make the white frosting seem even more white ?

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 Here it is - all frosted and ready to go !  Now if I could just remember how old the husband is ?  lol