7/26/2023 0 Comments Armadillo cakebutter (doesn't matter if it's at room temp or not in this recipe) So tell me Dear Reader, do you prefer a corner piece with more icing or a centre piece? And this is a cheeky gross one, but would you ever eat actual roadkill? )ĭID YOU MAKE THIS RECIPE? Share your creations by tagging on Instagram with the hashtag #notquitenigella Armadillo Red Velvet Cake I perhaps made the fatal mistake of naming it Mr Turtle Rabbit (based on the original Aztec name of "Azotochtli"). I found it hard to cut into my little armadillo friend. Best of all was that even two weeks after, with the cake covered and all, it was still not in the slightest bit dry.īut perhaps a little of Tuulikki has rubbed off on me. Mr NQN took the leftovers to work where he reports that it was quickly devoured and people murmured their appreciation at the party about the moistness and flavour of the cake. I have to admit that this wasn't just gory and decorative, the cake itself was very popular. Decorating took me two and a half hours to make it into an armadillo and that included the one hour in the fridge so it's not that cumbersome. If you do want to make your very own armadillo cake, here is a recipe with the cake recipe included. "Oh did I? I don't remember!" she said gaily, laughing and moving along. "I don't understand, you didn't even want to draw one as a cake for the book. "Oh yes, it is WONDERFUL!" she said her hands outstretched in excitement. "Errm, did you see it on its side?" I asked her, figuring that she has just seen it front one, without the guts and tyre marks. "Lorraine, I really like what you've done to the armadillo cake" she cried in her sing song Finnish accent. It looked suitably gory with all of the red candy string spilling out of it and cherry jam.Īt the party I didn't draw her attention to it but she came up to me part way through the evening. Because not only was it going to be an armadillo red velvet cake but in the spirit of all that is gruesome and ghastly, it was going to be an armadillo road kill cake. In any case, when I decided to make an armadillo cake for Hallowe'en, I wasn't sure how she was going to react. But I assured her that drawing an animal as a meal was nothing like killing and eating one. Incidentally, this whole conversation repeated itself when she came to draw a Peking duck. I eventually persuaded her after several discussions and told her that it was an armadillo cake and not an actual armadillo. However Tuulikki didn't want to draw the cake on a plate as she didn't want the armadillo to look like food. In Steel Magnolias, the fact that the cake was a) shaped like an armadillo and b) was made out of red velvet made me absolutely besotted by the very idea. It can often take the form of various objects that the groom chooses. Said to be a British tradition that has been forgotten in England, it is now part of American tradition. It's actually a traditional cake in the South of America for the groom. You see I wrote about my obsession for the red velvet armadillo cake first sighted in the film Steel Magnolias. When I asked her to illustrate my book, she agreed but one drawing would prove to be a challenge. My mother in law Tuulikki was born a vegetarian with vegetarian parents which at the time was not that common. You never know how people will react although my friends and family are well versed in my love for the macabre.īut then there are my in laws who are as predictable unpredictable as you can imagine. Pus, slime, zombies, ooze and gore prevail and it's all on the borderline of taste and humour. I know that Halloween is not the most tasteful celebration and people that are obsessed with pretty things may curl their lip into a sneer at the grotesque offerings.
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