Potlikker: red velvet cake (and the armadillo)

Friday, 15 December 2006

red velvet cake (and the armadillo)

Tayari posted her mother's red velvet cake recipe. I haven't compared it to others, or even other RVC cake recipes to one another. I just know that the recipe I had didn't work. Then Stephanie write down her grannys for me, but I've misplaced it, so I'm RVC recipeless. Until now. Tayari saves the day. And, her family is from Atlanta, so you know a RVC recipe from the South's capital has got to be good. Bona fide, southern RVC straight from the peachiest state in the nation.

Cupcake segue: I'm not mad exactly put out, but why is it that all the cupcakeries outside of the south almost always feature a red velvet cupcake on their menu? It seems wrong. I know we can't keep RVC for ourselves, but letting everybody else have some without them crossing the mason-dixon line seems wrong, somehow.

Then there's one more thing: That red velvet armadillo cake featured in the Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Julia Roberts movie? Steel Magnolias. To have a red velvet armadillo cake of my very own would be a dream come true. My search for an armadillo-shaped cake pan/tin was unsuccessful. I'm not from Texas, but I swear I love the armadillo. I've collected them for years. Anybody who knows me in real life has no doubt to my admiration of the animal. I have them in my office at work, hanging in my foyer, littering tables in my living room, and cluttering up my jewelry box. There's even a laundry bag filled with stuffed/plush armadillos.

With all that blog of RVC, I may have to make one for Christmas Eve dinner, which I'm hosting at my house this year; Third Annual, in fact.

Dec 15, 2006 11:49:05 AM | books, cupcakes, recipes, rvc (red velvet cake)