I have this like/confusion thing going on with red velvet cake. On one hand, it’s cake, so… yeah, I’m in. On the other, I want to know what the flavor really is because it tastes like diet chocolate, which makes me sad. Chocolate should never be diet.

What confuses me most, though, is that it’s named after things that rely on two senses that aren’t taste. Seriously, what flavor is “red”? Because if given a choice, I’m going to say strawberry. Or salsa. Not diet chocolate.

But as I was making a red velvet cake the other day, I finally figured out why I like it – the batter is one of my favorite shades of red. It’s the exact shade of my office walls, in fact, and a color that was in most paintings I did in college.

I don’t know what that says about me, but I thought I’d share, this being palette #100 and all.

I honestly wish I had more than a photo of cake batter to help me celebrate palette #100 today, but I feel like I’ve spent all week behind the eight ball, if you know what I’m saying. Every project has caused a fair amount of stress and frantic energy, and I’m tired. So, since something had to give, and I’d prefer it not be my sanity, this was it.

Maybe next time a big milestone rolls around I’ll have my act together well enough to do a giveaway or something fancy.

In the mean time, do you have any idea what flavor red velvet really is? Because it’s driving me nuts.