52 Weeks of Baking: Week 10 - Red Velvet Cake...oh wait.But I did it!

So I have been trying for weeks to make a Red Velvet Cake for Mike.

I have even skipped a week for those who are REALLY paying attention. So I was ready yesterday for a comeback...this is it! Going to catch up and make two things!

Red Velvet Cake and Cannolis....Went to the supermarket, got everything I needed except cannoli shells. So I drove over to Costco to see if they sold them (I know I have seen them there). Alas, a Costco seasonal item....so no Cannoli shells. Going to have to check a specialty food store downtown today at work....

I no sooner walked in the door that I recalled I forgot cream cheese to make the cream cheese frosting for the cake. So, Mike offered to go out to the store for me. He asked "do you need anything else???" - NOPE all set. He returns, two packages of cream cheese in tow!

Well - I start to make my cake and realize, NO unsalted butter. I Always have a stash of both regular and unsalted butter.

At this point, I realize that the universe is telling me not to make the cake and instead I decide to make cupcakes from a box with store-bought icing. I realize that is "outside the scope" of this project...but just didn't work out yesterday!

Here they are - I did put green sprinkles for St. Patty's Day.

Going to try to make the Red Velvet this week!

Okay - I got myself together on Thursday night and made the red velvet cake! It was pretty actually. I wasn't sure if it was red enough....But people seemed to enjoy it! I only tasted the batter, not the cake once it was done.

I was worried that the icing was too gloppy. As a result of my cream cheese distaste, I wasn't sure that I spent enough time beating the icing to get it to the right consistency. But I kept asking everyone who ate it if it was ok, and I got positive feedback...So either everyone was being nice, in the hopes of continuing to get good eats or it really was ok!

Mike was happy with the outcome and my co-workers got two desserts this week!

This was a Southern Red Velvet Cake...not sure what that means but it was tasty!

Here is the recipe from the Food Network: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sara-moulton/southern-red-velvet-cake-recipe/index.html