With its striking crimson crumb and contrasting swirls of silky white frosting, red velvet cake is both compelling and mysterious. Not quite chocolate and definitely not vanilla, its flavor lies ...

Red velvet is one of America's favorite cake flavors. Get the recipe for the classic layer cake with cream cheese frosting, plus fun variations like ice cream sandwiches, an impressive red-and ...

And this is a shame because red velvet wants to be more, to do better, to go beyond just being a vehicle for cream cheese frosting and red dye 40. Here then is our apogee of red velvet cake.