A couple weeks ago the kids at work were having a bake sale and I purchased a Red Velvet Cake. I have to admit, I picked the Red Velvet Cake because of the scene in Steel Magnolias where they show the groom's cake, which is a giant, grey armadillo. Someone chops off the tail and it looks like blood and guts because its a red velvet cake. It was disgusting. Damn good reason to choose a cake flavor, don't you think?
I have to say, it was the best fucking cake I've had in a long time. I wanted to just stick my whole face into it and slurp it down like a kid at their first birthday party (excluding the wee one whose party we attended yesterday - she was disappointingly neat). Some church ladies made it and I will be purchasing another the first opportunity I get.
Anyway, today I went shopping at one of those suburban-fake-downtown shopping centers with my mom. Since we were being girly, we ventured into the Sephora (which I always see recommended for makeup in women's magazines but had never experienced). I was sniffing my way around the store when I came upon some bath products named after foods. There were Lemon Pies, Sugar Cookies, Butter Cream Frosting and.....Red Velvet Cake. Since I really really like bath products that smell like food (Sesame Ginger, Rosemary Mint, Mango Mandarin) I had to sniff every single one and the Red Velvet was by far the best.
It was the most delicious thing I'd ever smelt. Or smelled. Whatever. Point is I almost stuck my tongue out to take a taste. It's a Limited Edition flavor so naturally I bought it.
I had every intention of blogging earlier this evening but I was obsessed with my Red Velvet Shampoo/Shower Gel/Bubble Bath to the point that I had to take my second bath of the day. (I kept going into the bathroom to sniff it anyway.)
It didn't smell quite as good as a bubble bath but smelled great as a shampoo and shower gel. I twice resisted the urge to taste it. It's such an awesome color as well - sort of a dark pearly red/nailpolish sort of color. And the bottle comes with a recipe for Red Velvet Cake on it. While I was lounging in my delicious whirlpool tub, I read the recipe and decided to make a cake. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending how you look at it), I was out of cocoa powder.
So, instead, I'm sipping on Cadbury's Drinking Chocolate with a shot of Navan vanilla cognac. I tried putting red food coloring into it to make a Red Velvet Hot Chocolate but the color didn't quite turn out. It's just sort of a rosy pink.
It'll have to do.
3 comments:
Food-scented bath products freak me out a little. Maybe I'm afraid I will forget they are for cleaning myself and will start guzzling. After my experience the other day of disinfecting my mouth with hydrogen peroxide (I cut the roof of my mouth with a pretzel and it gushed blood for about 15 minutes), I really don't want put stuff in my mouth that doesn't belong there or doesn't taste good.
I prefer sea-scented bath products. Unfortunately, every time I find one, such as my favorite sea parsley scent, it is quickly discontinued. And I don't know why, but I keep hoping my local grocery stores and discount marts will begin to carry sea vegetables (arame, dulse, hijiki, konbu, nori, wakame--I love them all!) so I won't have to voyage all the way to south Charlotte to acquire them from Asian markets and yuppie hippie groceries. Apparently my neighbors concur with my cats--trust me to find and eat the only crap in the sea.
One of the best cupcakes I've ever had was a red velvet cupcake with a 1:1 ratio of thick, white icing.
Peeved Michelle - Imagine smelling like that cupcake all day! It's kind of cool!
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