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red velvet cake

American  

noun

  • red velvet cakes
    plural
  1. a light chocolate cake with red food coloring giving it a distinctive reddish tinge.


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Its Waitrose supermarkets has a whodunit two-parter which leaves audiences on a cliffhanger, starring Succession's Matthew Macfadyen as a detective on the hunt to uncover who has stolen the family's red velvet cake.

From BBC Nov. 13, 2024

A Juneteenth menu might incorporate items like barbecued ribs or other red meat, watermelon and red velvet cake.

From Seattle Times Jun. 16, 2023

Instead of artificial red food coloring, the batter for this red velvet cake is dyed using red beets.

From Salon Jun. 18, 2022

The day has been celebrated by generations of families, and some historians think the modern Juneteenth tradition of having red-colored foods, like strawberry soda, watermelon, and red velvet cake, was inspired by those early celebrations.

From National Geographic Kids Jun. 8, 2021

“I’m going to make a red velvet cake later...”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

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