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Red Velvet cake

Red Velvet cake: what it is and where to eat it

RED VELVET CAKE

A cocoa-flavored sponge cake typically colored red and layered with cream cheese frosting.

14 restaurants on Tastavo serve it

Typical ingredients

  • flour
  • cocoa powder
  • buttermilk
  • vinegar
  • cream cheese

History of the dish

United States

red velvet cake
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Origin
United States
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Red velvet cake is a red-colored layer cake with cream cheese or ermine icing. The origin of the cake is unknown, although it is popular in the Southern United States and has been served as a dessert at New York City's Waldorf-Astoria hotel since the 1920s.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Red velvet cake” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikipedia

Where to eat it

London

Amsterdam

Dubai

Prague

Athens

Sofia

Corfu

Bilbao

Brașov

Rhodes

Varna

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