a first: red velvet

There is a first time for everything. A first bike ride without training wheels. A first kiss. A first day of school. A first love. A first job. There is also a first time for baking red velvet cupcakes. I've always enjoyed consuming them but have known little about their ingredients. My friend Meg is a cupcake baking connoisseur, so while visiting her this weekend we gave my favorite cupcake a try, from scratch. Buttermilk was the surprise ingredient. The texture of the batter was unbelievable, and I gained new understanding for the velvet part of the red velvet name.