Alexandra Domrongchai is a food and travel writer based out of New York. With years of experience in the restaurant industry, food culture research, and as an avid traveler, she joins Travel + Leisure ...

With its striking crimson crumb and contrasting swirls of silky white frosting, red velvet cake is both compelling and mysterious. Not quite chocolate and definitely not vanilla, its flavor lies ...

For the better part of the past century, red velvet cake has appeared in cookbooks and on menus, dazzling diners with its lipstick-red and snow-white layers. Popular year-round, today, the cake is ...

When you are in the mood for something a little extra, red velvet always shows up and does the job. This lineup has a bit of everything, from Bundt cakes and classic layer cakes to cookies, brownies, ...

Red velvet cake is so much more than just chocolate cake with red food coloring. The combination of chocolate, buttermilk and vinegar yields a dessert that delights both the eyes and the appetite.

First appearing in some variation in the 1800s, the cake had a mahogany look to it that was much similar to devil's food cake. The cake got a second wind with The Great Depression. A more subtle red ...