NaHaiWrMo - shade

The word shade can have a lot of meanings.  I wanted to go with the concept of a specific hue rather than a nuance.

I was baking for the guys who work for me for their Valentine's goody bag and I was doing red velvet cupcakes that were actually healthier than the ones I have been scarfing down the last six months.  They batter was labor intensive and when I arrived at the point I would be putting them into the muffin liners I didn't really like the color of the batter.  I had some in the freezer from the last batch I made and decided that I wanted them to be a little darker.  My hue ku hit me as I doctored the bowl.

red velvet batter
flick a touch more cocoa powder
for the perfect shade