Happy Birthday to the most wonderful person in my world - my girlfriend. To celebrate, I made some red velvet cupcakes:
The taste was really delicious. The only problem was the red coloring. I used a recipe on Martha Stewart's website. Although I used gel-paste red food coloring rather than liquid, I definitely needed some more. I've never made red velvet anything before, and I didn't want it to be too artificial looking, so I hesitated before adding more food coloring. I should have trusted by instincts and added another tablespoon, but otherwise, the recipe was a success. See the process below: