Preheat oven to 180ºC and grease 2 x 22 cm cake pans. Beat together the oil, sugar and eggs until light and fluffy. Mix in the yoghurt, vanilla, vinegar and food colouring. Sift in the dry ingredients ...

The red velvet cake as we know it, layered with buttercream, is often credited to New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel in the 1930s, though it had long been a favourite in the Southern United States.

You can also find honey-sweetened ice cream and waffles, batter-dipped vegetables, pierogies, baked potatoes, grilled cheese sandwiches, potato donuts and soup. Eight years after my last visit to ...