NATURAL Red Velvet Cake. Remember my post on Red Velvet Cake and how I said I was experimenting to make my natural red velvet cake taste less like beets?
Well, I’ve done it… I guess you could say I had a bakethrough. I’m going to give a warning in advance that this cake does not taste exactly like a typical RVC, but it is still delightful. Plus, my version contains nutrients and antioxidants that are thought to help prevent diseases such as cancer. Can your typical RVC do that? (Ok I’m not suggesting you eat huge amounts of this cake to get your antioxidants because I’m pretty sure the sugar and butter counteract any health benefits this cake may have… but still.)
I used the Joy of Baking Red Velvet Cake and the Country Living Chocolate Pumpkin Cake (using beets instead of pumpkin) as starting points for my experimentation because both of these recipes are very yum. Anthocyanins and BetalainsAnthocyanins are pigments that are found naturally in many plants. The pH sensitivity of beet pigments Ingredients Directions. All Natural Red Velvet Cake. This cake ended up being a science experiment.
I wanted to make a red velvet cake without any red food coloring. Though I can handle a little food coloring here and there, the idea of putting in such large amounts into a homemade cake . . . well, I just couldn’t do it. I mean, why would I want to eat a cake that is red for no reason, other than the fact that someone calls it red? In my research, and the research of my sister (who actually inspired my making this cake after she had made an attempt at something similar), we discovered a number of people in the blogosphere that get quite uppity about what a red velvet cake is and isn’t.
I won’t get into that. So I started there. My first attempt was brownish purplish. I spent the next few days reading other blogs and websites. Amy directed me over to bittersweetblog, where the writer painstakingly experimented with the pH levels in the cake, and how it affects color. Her asparagus cake. This chocolate bundt cake is so stunning. 1. Healthy Indulgences: Healthy Chocolate Cake with a Secret.
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The cake is made out of black beans. Even if you’re the fiercest of bean haters (like I am), you’ll fall head over heels for this moist chocolate cake. Note: I cut 1 single layer in half, width-wise, and stacked the semicircular halves on top of one another to achieve the 2 layer cake shown here.
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" my husband asked. He was staring at me as if I had eighteen heads, each with 20 piercings and Mike Tyson-esque tattoos. "Making Campfire Bananas," I said. In my head, his question was quite possibly the dumbest one I had ever heard him ask. "What are those? " ::blink::blink::blink:: ::blinkblinkblinkblinkblink:: "Are you serious? " "Yeah, what are they? " "You are a victim of child abuse," I told him in a bewildered tone. I turned to Twitter to report this crime against humanity. My memories of Campfire Bananas are wrapped in Girl Scout camp and fires by the lake and all sorts of . . . . hell, who really cares?
Anyway, let me share with you how joy can be packaged in a banana peel. Campfire Bananas You'll need some bananas, chocolate chips, marshmallows, and I am a fan of throwing some peanut butter into the mix as well. Peel one strip from the banana and then cut a groove in the banana, kind of like how the Sandwich Artists at Subway used to cut the bread "boat style. "