Red velvet. The cake. The best cake in the world. My love for this confection started some forty years ago when I dined at an antebellum home turned restaurant in Biloxi, Mississippi. It has never wavered.
Red velvet. The name as it’s spoken and the vision of velvet material prepare one for the exquisite taste and texture of this dessert. It starts with four layers of Chocolate Devil’s Food cake made tender by the use of buttermilk and red by the addition of a generous amount of red food coloring. Cream cheese frosting tops each of the layers and is to the eyes and the tongue a perfect counterbalance.
Does this delicacy represent a tug of war between good and evil? Or is it simply a representation of both its deliciousness and amount of calories? No matter, it is a dessert not to be missed. A taste of heaven, I’m sure.
And now I just discovered that Marble Slab Creamery is offering red velvet ice cream. Yes, it’s something that should be sampled. Tonight.
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