The Morning After

Ahhhhh, here it is by candlelight, the seductive Red Velvet Cake, serenading us with its scarlet siren song....

...which we......could.......not.........resist.........

And in the raw light of day...

Wow. I was just kidding in yesterday's post, but it turns out indeed that many a truth is said in jest. Before you embark upon baking this crimson confection,

BE FOREWARNED: THIS CAKE HAS HALLUCINOGENIC PROPERTIES!!!

I dreamt the most vivid dream last night that I have dreamt in a loooong while! Without going into gory details, here is a brief synopsis: I gave birth to two babies, with no assistance. Just crouched, and voila. A girl first, and then a boy. Twins. No contractions, no labor. Two doll like babies, looking slightly............red...

Happy Valentine's Day!

This is your brain...


This is your brain on Red Velvet Cake.

I'm gonna make me one o' THESE today! Mmmmmm, hmmmmm! My best friend from high school introduced me to Red Velvet Cake back in 1971. Her mother made it with a cooked butter cream frosting, but I'm seeing lots of versions with cream cheese frosting, which is also delicious, so.......I'm in a quandary about which to use. My mother never made this recipe, but she did make another reddish looking cake that had a cream cheese frosting, Tomato Soup Cake! That's right, a can of Campbell's tomato soup goes into that cake! It's a spice cake, and it was (and still is) a family favorite! What's cookin' at your house?

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! xoxoxo