How is red velvet cake different from chocolate cake?

These red velvet pancakes actually use the classic vinegar and cocoa powder combination to create its color (along with a little bit of red coloring). These cinnamon rolls and cookies use a cake mix, but are still oh so good. read more

Red velvet cake can be chocolate or vanilla flavored and has red food coloring or sometimes beets to give it its color. There are lots of good easy chocolate cake recipes on this site. Please don't use pancake mix. read more

• Red velvet is a type of cake that makes use of red coloring and even beets to impart reddish brown color to the dessert. It also has a cream frosting in between red layers to make it yummy. • Cocoa powder is an ingredient in the recipe of red velvet, but there is at best a hint of chocolate flavor in red velvet, whereas chocolate cake contains a lot of cocoa powder. read more

Before this scheme, red velvet was made with cocoa powder, buttermilk, and vinegar. It's the chemical reaction between the cocoa powder (which contains anthocyanin, a pH-sensitive antioxidant that reacts to acids) and the vinegar and buttermilk. This reaction makes the cake its famous red-tinted color. read more

Red velvet cake can be chocolate or vanilla flavored and has red food coloring or sometimes beets to give it its color. There are lots of good easy chocolate cake recipes on this site. Please don't use pancake mix. It has leavening and other additives that might affect how your cake will turn out. read more

Red Velvet vs Chocolate Cake Red velvet is the name of a cake that is reddish and sometimes reddish brown in color and hence resembles a lot with chocolate cake confusing people. read more