Comments on: Red Velvet Cupcakes: Woo-Hoo-Worthy

By: Kristin at The Kitchen Sink

Kristin at The Kitchen Sink — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:46:12 +0000

Kim: Addicted? I’m so flattered! Also, you’re faux-watermelon cake sound really fun. Happy 4th of July!

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:56:44 +0000

I have two comments for you.
1. I’m officially addicted to your site. I think it’s the combination of delicious recipes, fantastic foodie pictures, and the stories you tell to accompany the recipes.

2. I used (and improvised)this red velvet cake recipe last night. For the 4th of July, I’m making a faux-watermelon cake. That is to say, I’m making a cake that looks like a watermelon. But I used your red velvet recipe, added mini chocolate chips (the seeds) and made two cakes (and at least a couple cupcakes). I’m going to frost them green with the cream cheese frosting.

Thanks for all the great ideas!

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:52:29 +0000

I was looking for cupcakes that I could make for my sons upcoming birthday which will have a fire truck theme and these look perfect.

I made a trial batch and doubled the cocoa amount and they tasted pretty chocolatey and were yummy with the cream cheese frosting.. but were not the fire red your cupcakes are. Looks like I’ll have to stick to your recipe and forgo the extra chocolatey taste.. for the color. Thanks for the great pictures and details.

By: JEP

JEP — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:45:48 +0000

Thanks for scaling down this recipe—helps not only with my single-life eating but more with my portion contol–need to take left-overs to work–ha! Delicious!

By: ourkitchensink

ourkitchensink — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:30:34 +0000

Amanda: Thanks! But, I have to admit, they were pretty cracked. You can sorta tell in the bottom right photo in the set of four. But, as far as I’m concerned, that’s just creates ridges to fill with frosting! And I agree about cupcakes — they seem like a “short cut” to making more elaborate cakes, but they can be really fussy (e.g. individual frosting, falling, uniformity, etc).

Deborah: How fortuitous! Let me know how you like them. Like I said above, they’ve got a great “wow” factor.

Sister: Thanks! I’m thrilled you liked. I mean, that was the whole point, after all. And clearly we’ll have to ask the only “impartial” third party who ate both the beef bourg and the lasagna about which one won the throw-down. Too bad he’s married to me …

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:15:07 +0000

Being the sister worthy of cupcakes, and being the individual to eat the most cupcakes, I will say they were every bit as delicious as they look!

And for the record, beef would totally take lasagna in a 2008 kitchen throw-down. Now– that would be something to blog about.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:06:35 +0000

I’m so glad you posted this – my sister has requested red velvet cupcakes for her birthday, and I was looking for a good recipe!

By: amanda

amanda — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:49:09 +0000

your cupcakes turned out perfect! the tops of them were so smooth and uncracked. mine always look bumpy. for some reason, cupcakes give me a harder time than all other baked goods