Expert: Elyse Grau - 7/7/2010

Question
QUESTION: My mother has been trying to find her long lost Red Velvet Cake recipe for the last 30 years.  She remembers making it in the 50's and it was on the cake flour box.  (She has written to both  Soft-a-silk & Swansdown to no avail.) The recipe did not have cocoa in it. She remembers souring the milk, beating after each egg was added, and red food coloring.  Thank you for any help you can offer on how to find this recipe.

ANSWER: Kris:
I'm sorry, I couldn't find one in the sources I have either. Are you sure it didn't have cocoa in it? I've never seen one without it.

Elyse

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QUESTION: No, it had chocolate squares that had to be melted.  Also, the eggs were separated beating the yolks into the batter and the whites were folded in at the end.  The recipe was actually on one of the cake flour boxes but my mom thinks that it was removed due to the red food coloring.  It was baked in a 9 x 13 pan.

ANSWER: Try putting in a request on this blog: http://old-recipe-detective.blogspot.com/

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QUESTION: Thank you for suggesting the above blog.  I just can't figure out how to put in a request on old recipe detective.  I can read the website but I can't find a comment or post section.  Any advice?

Answer
Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and look for the "3 comments" after the last post. The post is old, but the blog owner should be notified of new comments. Click on the "3 comments" and that will open a comment window. Scroll down to the bottom of that and you will see a box for entering comments. It may require you to register.

Elyse