Red Velvet Cake, Cristina's Style and a $75 Giveaway !
It is just amazing, but things that are incredibly popular in one country, don't exist in many others...Just like that, until my recent trip to New York, with my daughter C, to celebrate her "quinceañera", I ignored the existence of Red Velvet Cakes....
...until this "spring-that-sprung" afternoon when we decided to go head-first to Magnolia Bakery...Et oui !! my daughter is deeply interested in the Classics....Sex & the City, Friends, Glee...so going to New York without seeing "the temple" of cupcakes was completely out of the question...! However, she found a "very reasonable" excuse to avoid visiting all the New York museums...She said: "Mum, I've been to the Louvre ten times, Orsay, Pompidou Center, El Prado...do you think they will have something new for me here???"
After this statement, worthy of Descartes...what can a mother answer??!!! So we visited New York her way...after all, it was her birthday !!
Ever since, she has been asking me to make a Red Velvet...I looked for the recipe in the internet, but then I decided to make it my way...As a base I used an airy génoise, with no butter...just two tablespoons of cocoa powder, and to avoid a buttery icing, just the royal "glaçage"...So in the end, this Red Velvet is quite "healthy" I would say...almost "diet" (?!)
For its special shape, I used a rose silicon mold, that you can get in kitchenware stores..and talking about that...the giveaway !!!
Yes... again thanks to CSN stores, you will be able to use this $75 certificate, in any of the stores, for anything you want..like this drop leaf table, so suitable for small kitchens like mine...or small apartments. What do you have to do to participate? Just send me a comment telling me which of my three pizzas you preferred! As simple as that !! you have time till October 28th, 9am (Paris Time). Remember you can use the certificate, for anything you want, in any CSN store (unfortunately only USA/Canada residents can participate!)
For the recipe, see below...
For the génoise
Follow the instructions here using these ingredients (my mold was rather small)
* egg, 3 * sugar, 90gr * flour, 70gr * cocoa powder, 20gr * red food coloring (quantity depends on brands: use until desired color)
For the royal icing,
Beat lightly the white of one egg. Add some lemon drops. Incorporate icing sugar till required consistence: neither too runny, nor too stiff!
Comments
Lovely giveaway too.. My fav pizza undoubtedly was the sweet one: Quince fruit cooked in Malbec Sauce & Ricotta Pizza !!
Cheers,
Rosa
And I bet it tastes nicer too. But the question is : does C. think it is as good as the one of the Magnolia bakery ???
You know what ? I've just made an apple and raspberry... PIZZA ! This sounds like real healthy (or mad?) competition, doesn't it ? !!!
*kisses* HH
I totally agree with you!
@Claudia:
They are nothing special, in my opinion!
BTW - I really hope I win. My mother has purchased me a red Kitchen Aid mixer and I'd love to purchase some bakeware!
Happy Birthday to your daughter, but I am disappointed she feels NYC has nothing to offer re museums and art. :(
As far as your delicious pizzas are concerned, I loved your dessert pizza and have every intention of trying some version of it soon.
It fascinates me how strongly Magnolia is tied to Sex and the City, considering that the characters only went there once in the third season. And yes, your red velvet is likely loads better than those you could get at any of the cupcake places in the city.
As we're making two of your pizzas on Sunday, I'm going to hazard a guess and say that the provolone pizza will be my favorite.
Wonderful!
Ooh, and I loved the Argentine pizza. It sounded so nice with all of the flavors...and different!
And for your pizzas? Definitely the dessert quince pizza, it was truly stunning. :)
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As per the giveaway...well...I'm a sweet tooth so I have to go with the quince fruit cooked in malbec sauce and ricotta one....just the name makes me drool
As for the giveaway, I'd have to say the Argentinean barbeque one!
Any kind of pizza is good, but my fave is the dessert pizza, it look delicious and interesting.
The quince fruit & ricotta pizza is amazing (you did excellent work on photography too, I might add!). Hmm, wish I had some fruit so I could make some now
As far as your pizzas, I preferred the first one with the caramelized onions...YUM!!
Cheers,
*Heather*
My favorite pizza was the first. :)
Chris
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And my favorite of your pizzas...I'd have to go with the quince fruit (I have a sweet tooth!)
Have a great day!
kim@lovintheoven.com
Thanks for the lovely red velvet cake recipe.
karenreichmann@hotmail.com
As for my favorite of your three pizzas, it is a toss-up between your Provoleta Pizza with Criolla Sauce and your Quince Fruit Cooked in Malbec Sauce and Ricotta Pizza. They both look and sound divine. The dessert pizza looks like a work of art....and you didn't share the recipe for it. :-(
abelmore@purdue.edu
Thanks for the red velvet cake recipe!!
skim79@gmu.edu