Red velvet isn’t even a chocolate cake so that may be why you like it. It’s a buttermilk cake that uses a small amount of cocoa powder, I believe originally added to help make it that red color through some crazy chemistry thing (there’s a pretty interesting history behind it)

With the PH and all? Yeah, you’re probably right. Mmmm red velvet is delicious. 

I wonder why the devil’s food, though… is it the melted chocolate in normal cakes that I have trouble with? Am I not opposed to cocoa powder? 

I like hot cocoa when it’s watered down and smothered in whipped cream…