Tayari's Blog: RED VELVET CAKE

Posted by TayariJones on January 21, 2008 07:09 AM
Filed under Travels & Rambles

Yesterday, I received this email message from Lillian:

glad to hear that you are enjoying the balmy breeze in
key west....you dont wanna know how cold it is here. single digits
baby, single digits! anyways, i am planning on taking a crack at the
red velvet cake this weekend since i love cake and this one looks
absolutely thrilling. but i gotta ask--just one teaspoon of cocoa? i
dont know why i thought this cake was primarily chocolate, but for
some reason i did...but its basically white cake with a hint of chocolate and mostly red? ...keep having fun in florida, get some extra warm sun for me!!

Oh, Lillian. So many people have tried to define the undefineable red velvet cake. I try and tell people that it isn't a white cake, it isn't a chocolate cake. It is a RED VELVET CAKE. It is what it is. Think of it as a philosophcal matter.

I am happy to report that Lillian did make the cake. If you know Lililian, you know that she had to add a little twist-- she put chocolate frosting in the middle layers. And if you know Lillian, you'll know she took photos!

P.S. I really should add a new category on the blog for red velvet cake related posts.

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