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Stake Optional
May. 19th, 2006 11:33 amSorry I haven't been around much doing...whatever it is I do. I haven't felt particularly amusing or commenty or typey, though I did read some fic last night.
I feel very southern today. Possibly because I took the day off and in doing so watched Ellen where she was calling her mother "Mama" and gave her a red velvet cake for her birthday. So I turned to Caza and said, "Wanna make a red velvet cake?" A trip to the store and several red tinged fingers later, it's in the oven.
I love red velvet cake, particulary the way my Mama used to make it. It's just so damn southern - what other culture would want to eat a bright red "blood of the innocent" cake? (Remember that scene in Steel Magnolias? I've always wanted to try an armadillo shaped one, but I don't have the counter space.) Red velvet was always Mom's contribution to church and fair cake walks. Remember cake walks? It's sort of like Musical Chairs but without all the shoving. You walk around in a circle and if you land on a square marked cake, you get one. Not the most challenging game, but it gave us the phrase, "it'll be a cake walk." Sue = font of knowledge you already had.
Hahahaha! I just remembered that I made a heart-shaped red velvet cake for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
uberaeryn's AtS "Not Fade Away" viewing party. karabair, remember how disappointed I was that I couldn't find a stake to slam through it? The only stakes I could find were the flat ones. Although it was fun to tell the guy at Home Depot, "No, not these flat ones - the round pointy kind like you'd kill a vampire with." Where's Xander and his carving skills when you need him?
The bad thing is that my hands are now stained red from the food coloring. I keep staring down at them and wishing them clean, unsure whether to make a Faith reference from "Sanctuary" or go the Lady Macbeth route. Okay...so I'm a dork. Anyway, here's Mom's recipe:
( Red Velvet Cake )
I feel very southern today. Possibly because I took the day off and in doing so watched Ellen where she was calling her mother "Mama" and gave her a red velvet cake for her birthday. So I turned to Caza and said, "Wanna make a red velvet cake?" A trip to the store and several red tinged fingers later, it's in the oven.
I love red velvet cake, particulary the way my Mama used to make it. It's just so damn southern - what other culture would want to eat a bright red "blood of the innocent" cake? (Remember that scene in Steel Magnolias? I've always wanted to try an armadillo shaped one, but I don't have the counter space.) Red velvet was always Mom's contribution to church and fair cake walks. Remember cake walks? It's sort of like Musical Chairs but without all the shoving. You walk around in a circle and if you land on a square marked cake, you get one. Not the most challenging game, but it gave us the phrase, "it'll be a cake walk." Sue = font of knowledge you already had.
Hahahaha! I just remembered that I made a heart-shaped red velvet cake for
uberaeryn's AtS "Not Fade Away" viewing party. karabair, remember how disappointed I was that I couldn't find a stake to slam through it? The only stakes I could find were the flat ones. Although it was fun to tell the guy at Home Depot, "No, not these flat ones - the round pointy kind like you'd kill a vampire with." Where's Xander and his carving skills when you need him?The bad thing is that my hands are now stained red from the food coloring. I keep staring down at them and wishing them clean, unsure whether to make a Faith reference from "Sanctuary" or go the Lady Macbeth route. Okay...so I'm a dork. Anyway, here's Mom's recipe:
( Red Velvet Cake )
