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Recipe

This is an excellent article - is there any reason not to include a recipe, or at least a link to one? We're disseminating all human knowledge - how to do things counts, right? -MBlume 21:20, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The beginnings of this article were the top hit on my blog back in the day. Wikipedia discourages "how to's" such as recipes. WP:NOT contains the relevant guidelines and suggests posting instructional material to Wikibooks or Wikihow. --Dystopos 06:04, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It's not my most common thing to make, or I would post a recipe (over at Wikibooks, of course). There still isn't a recipe over there, or else I'd suggest a link in this Wikipedia article to the Wikibooks recipe page. Anyone willing to work on this? — ArkansasTraveler 15:39, 31 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

yumyumyum

I am eating a piece of it right now! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.18.104.52 (talk) 22:05, 17 February 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Picture

I just looked this up because I was eating a piece (scrumptious), and I was almost (almost) turned off from finishing the slice by the photograph. It looks...well...sick—sepia-toned off angle blob on a green plate. Someone take a new, bright red picture quick.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 23:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking the same thing! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.152.107.54 (talk) 17:35, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. --Dystopos (talk) 19:24, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. The new photo shows a cake very heavy on the red food colouring, but it's a clearer photograph. --Skeezix1000 (talk) 19:33, 20 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cupcake

Red velvet cupcakes should be mentioned in this article. Badagnani (talk) 06:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Use of carmine in red food coloring

As I was watching the Food Network "Food Detectives" on June 9, 2009, it was mentioned that female beetle carcasses, or carmine, or E120 dye, are a common source of "natural" red coloring used in most Red Velvet Cakes. I was very surprised that this was never mentioned in this article as I found it fascinating and important. He showed how thousands of female carcasses were ground up with mortar and pestle to extract a rich red color which will not deteriorate and is therefore widely used in the food industry, particularly for Red Velvet Cake. Please insert this in the main body of the article. 69.110.150.182 (talk) 01:32, 1 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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-As I was watching the Food Network "Food Detectives" on June 9, 2009, it was mentioned that female beetle carcasses, or carmine, or E120 dye, are a common source of "natural" red coloring used in most Red Velvet Cakes.  I was very surprised that this was never mentioned in this article as I found it fascinating and important.  He showed how thousands of female carcasses were ground up with mortar and pestle to extract a rich red color which will not deteriorate and is therefore widely used in the food industry, particularly for Red Velvet Cake.  Please insert this in the main body of the article.  [[Special:Contributions/69.110.150.182|69.110.150.182]] ([[User talk:69.110.150.182|talk]]) 01:32, 1 September 2009 (UTC)  {{WikiProject Food and drink|class=Start|importance=Low}}
 ==Recipe==
 This is an excellent article - is there any reason not to include a recipe, or at least a link to one?  We're disseminating all human knowledge - how to do things counts, right? -[[User:MBlume|MBlume]] 21:20, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
-* Thanks. The beginnings of this article were the top hit on my blog back in the day. Wikipedia discourages "how to's" such as recipes. [[WP:NOT]] contains the relevant guidelines and suggests posting instructional material to [[Wikibooks]] or [[Wikihow]]. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 06:04, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
+:Thanks. The beginnings of this article were the top hit on my blog back in the day. Wikipedia discourages "how to's" such as recipes. [[WP:NOT]] contains the relevant guidelines and suggests posting instructional material to [[Wikibooks]] or [[Wikihow]]. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] 06:04, 2 July 2006 (UTC)
-** It's not my most common thing to make, or I would post a recipe (over at Wikibooks, of course).  There still isn't a recipe over there, or else I'd suggest a link in this Wikipedia article to the Wikibooks recipe page.  Anyone willing to work on this? — [[User:ArkansasTraveler|ArkansasTraveler]] 15:39, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
+::It's not my most common thing to make, or I would post a recipe (over at Wikibooks, of course).  There still isn't a recipe over there, or else I'd suggest a link in this Wikipedia article to the Wikibooks recipe page.  Anyone willing to work on this? — [[User:ArkansasTraveler|ArkansasTraveler]] 15:39, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
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 ==Picture==
-* I just looked this up because I was eating a piece (scrumptious), and I was almost (almost) turned off from finishing the slice by the photograph. It looks...well...sick—sepia-toned off angle blob on a green plate. Someone take a new, bright red picture quick.--[[User:Fuhghettaboutit|Fuhghettaboutit]] ([[User talk:Fuhghettaboutit|talk]]) 23:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
+I just looked this up because I was eating a piece (scrumptious), and I was almost (almost) turned off from finishing the slice by the photograph. It looks...well...sick—sepia-toned off angle blob on a green plate. Someone take a new, bright red picture quick.--[[User:Fuhghettaboutit|Fuhghettaboutit]] ([[User talk:Fuhghettaboutit|talk]]) 23:45, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
-** I was thinking the same thing!  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/69.152.107.54|69.152.107.54]] ([[User talk:69.152.107.54|talk]]) 17:35, 20 May 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
+:I was thinking the same thing!  <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/69.152.107.54|69.152.107.54]] ([[User talk:69.152.107.54|talk]]) 17:35, 20 May 2009 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
-*** Done. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 19:24, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
-::::Thanks.  The new photo shows a cake very heavy on the red food colouring, but it's a clearer photograph.  --[[User:Skeezix1000|Skeezix1000]] ([[User talk:Skeezix1000|talk]]) 19:33, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
+::Done. --[[User:Dystopos|Dystopos]] ([[User talk:Dystopos|talk]]) 19:24, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
+:::Thanks.  The new photo shows a cake very heavy on the red food colouring, but it's a clearer photograph.  --[[User:Skeezix1000|Skeezix1000]] ([[User talk:Skeezix1000|talk]]) 19:33, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 ==Cupcake==
 Red velvet [[cupcake]]s should be mentioned in this article. [[User:Badagnani|Badagnani]] ([[User talk:Badagnani|talk]]) 06:35, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
+==Use of carmine in red food coloring==
+As I was watching the Food Network "Food Detectives" on June 9, 2009, it was mentioned that female beetle carcasses, or carmine, or E120 dye, are a common source of "natural" red coloring used in most Red Velvet Cakes.  I was very surprised that this was never mentioned in this article as I found it fascinating and important.  He showed how thousands of female carcasses were ground up with mortar and pestle to extract a rich red color which will not deteriorate and is therefore widely used in the food industry, particularly for Red Velvet Cake.  Please insert this in the main body of the article.  [[Special:Contributions/69.110.150.182|69.110.150.182]] ([[User talk:69.110.150.182|talk]]) 01:32, 1 September 2009 (UTC)