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Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to allow yourself to indulge your sweet tooth in something sinful. Red velvet cake frites paired with a dark chocolate Southern Comfort dipping sauce is just the dessert to help you do that. These cake frites take classic red velvet cake to a whole new level, and the dipping sauce adds a pop of flavor that balances the dessert beautifully. I also have some exciting news to share with you guys! Today I’m featured in a national news story thanks to Raycom Media and reporter Joseph Neese. It involves a dessert for every stage of your relationship, and you can check it out here.
When I made my original cake frites, Carrot Cake Frites, I knew I wanted to try them with red velvet cake. I was waiting for the right time to test them out, and what better time than Valentine’s Day? I don’t know how it’s possible, but I think I actually like these even more than the original ones! They are so unbelievably light, the funnel cake is like a little pillow wrapped around the cake. Once I fried them, I tossed them in some sugar mixed with cocoa powder and sea salt. The sea salt is key here because it brings all the flavors out. I zhushed up my dark chocolate dipping sauce by adding a splash of Southern Comfort making it the perfect accessory to these frites. The Southern Comfort lends such a brightness to it that just leaves you wanting more. Whether you’re sharing these with your sweetie, treating yourself, or serving them for a girls night in, cake frites are always a hit.
As you can probably tell be now, I’m completely over the moon over cake frites. They are hands down one of my favorite dessert makeovers, and I hope you try them. Enjoy the video!
Funnel Cake Batter
- 1 cup AP Flour
- 1/2t. baking powder
- 1/2t. salt
- pinch cinnamon
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1 egg
- Whisk dries together.
- Whisk egg & milk together.
- Mix egg & milk into dries till combined.
Dark Chocolate Southern Comfort Sauce
- 4 oz. good quality dark chocolate
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1T. unsalted butter
- 1T. Southern Comfort
- Bring heavy cream & butter to a boil.
- Pour over chopped chocolate & stir to combine.
- Stir in Southern Comfort.
Cocoa Sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2t. cocoa powder
- 1/2 t. sea salt
- Mix all ingredients together.
- Heat fryer to 350 degrees.
- Slice up 1 loaf of frozen red velvet cake.
- Dip each piece of cake into funnel cake batter.
- Fry 2-3 at a time depending on the size of your fryer for 3-4 minutes. Turn after a minute or two to ensure even color.
- When they’re golden transfer them to a paper towel lined plate to absorb excess oil.
- Dredge in cocoa sugar & serve.
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I’m Meghan, a pastry chef, recipe developer and culinary personality, who loves to flirt with dessert. On Buttercream Blondie, I give your favorite sweets makeovers. Join me as I glam them up one recipe at a time!
>Those look Ah-MAY-Zing!!!!! I love how you used Southern Comfort in the dipping sauce.
>oooh, this sounds fabulous!
Mal @ The Chic Geek
>You just made my day!! I am so making these this weekend!!
>Great video! I just filmed one last night for Valentine's day too. Why can't there be another holiday for us to be excused to eat things like fried cake? I cannot wait to try this recipe.
>Oh sweet lord, I'm in heaven!!! I love this idea and especially that dipping sauce!
>Holy moly…this is amazing. What a treat! Sinful, amazing and wonderful. Gimme it now!
>Drooling!! This sounds so amazing! It's got red velvet cake & it's fried! Sinful & delicious! YUM!
>Oh my goodness! These are absolutely amazing and PERFECT for Valentine's Day!
>Oh wow – what a great idea. That dipping sauce looks incredible.
>This dessert is so sinful!! But I could truly eat them all…
>These look incredible! Love the video – great job!
>Olala, what a fantastic dessert, love it, it looks absolutely delicious:)
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>OMG! Fried cake and chocolate boozey sauce!!!! Can we say a little bit of amazing!!!!
>This is one creative post, I would have never thought of dipping the cake into funnel cake batter! Between the dipping sauce and the red velvet, there is no doubt that this is a delicious indulgence. You do need to publish a cookbook-well done!
>I love the idea of cake frites. I was actually just re-reading the carrot cake frites the other day! These are gorgeous and with the SoCo… look out Scarlett O'Hara!
>These look amazing!!!
>LOVE these, Meghan. And that dipping sauce…oh-my-goodness!!
>I love this idea! These sound amazing and I would love to try some! I can only imagine how delicious they are all crispy and still warm with that dip Mmmmm!
>Hoooly cow, this sounds amazing! The dipping sauce alone has me swooning
>OMG! These look amazing. Such a creative recipe!
>These look delicious and I love your pictures, beautiful. I am very interested in the SoCo dipping sauce…yum
>What a fabulous idea! LOVE it.
>What a great recipe! These look so delicious. I think this would be the perfect recipe for Valentine's Day. I would love a fresh batch right now. Oh my! Crave worthy! Yummy!
>Cake frites is a totally cool idea. I'm in! And the Southern Comfort sauce seals the deal for me.
>I loved your carrot cake frites so this would be the perfect step up! Delicious!
>Those look unbelievably decadent–I had something similar at a restaurant last week with a red wine chocolate sauce, but I like the looks of your sauce much better. Buzzed!
>Fried cake? Sign me up!
>Thanks Leanne! Can't wait for you to try it too!
>Thanks Chandra! Can't go wrong with fried cake & boozy sauce!
>Thanks Tina!
>Thanks Amy! I'm kind of stuck on this cake frites idea!
>Thanks Erin!
>Oh, gosh, these frites look incredible!!! And with Southern Comfort sauce???? Woe. Fabulous! And thanks so much for your sweet comment on my blog
It means a lot from an expert baker like you~
>Love the boozed up chocolate dipping sauce and I think your cake frites are genius!
>Thanks Lizzy & you are more than welcome! It's easy to see that you have a genuine love of baking, and that's so nice to see!
>Ha, thanks Hester! I love the boozed up sauce too!
>Ok, this is definitely the ultimate! Wow. Going to try!!!!!
>Yeah for your feature! I voted for the monster cupcakes – LOVE them!!
>Oh wow, these are just sinfully delightful!
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