I started really concentrating on baking, cakes and cupcakes, almost two years ago. Before that time I had never had red velvet anything. And truth be told, the first time I tried it I wasn't all that impressed with it. I didn't really understand what all the craze was about red velvet. Then, a few weeks ago a friend of mine asked me to make cupcakes for her daughter's upcoming wedding and one of the flavors she wanted was red velvet. I decided to try out 3 different red velvet recipes and have her sample them to decide which one was the best tasting, after all, I didn't really care for red velvet and wasn't sure what a "good" red velvet cupcake tasted like. I was pleasantly surprised by how good two of the three recipes were. I now know what the big deal is about red velvet! So, in honor of this new found fondness for red velvet I've devoted an entire section of 7 recipes just to red velvet. The first of those 7 is. . .
