Remember back in May, when I made red velvet cupcakes?
Jamie left a comment on that post about the armadillo red velvet cake in Steel Magnolias, which I had completely forgotten about. (Here’s a clip if you want to refresh your memory. The cake makes an appearance about 45 seconds in.)
And then Katie, who happens to be Andy’s daughter, also left a comment saying that she actually HAD a red velvet armadillo cake at her wedding… which was funny enough, but now she sent the photos to prove it.
Andy looks a little perplexed. It’s as though the photographer caught the exact moment that he realized his wife and daughters weren’t kidding about having an armadillo on the cake table.
And is that a nice big slice of armadillo hiney on Jessica’s plate? Only in Texas…
#1 by Jessica on July 20, 2010 - 8:44 pm
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And in the famous words of Drum – “Nothing like a good piece of…”
I literally waited almost a whole year during the time we were planning her wedding just so I could deliver that line in public. :)
#2 by Laura on July 22, 2010 - 9:49 pm
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LOL!
#3 by andy on July 21, 2010 - 8:03 am
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there’s a sidebar…i actually catered that wedding myself [my daughters thought it only made sense] and i have to say that i don’t really know where that armadillo cake came from.
#4 by Katie on July 21, 2010 - 8:20 am
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The cakes both came from my wonderful Aunt Patti. We were all anxiously waiting for the cutting of the grooms cake instead of the traditional cutting of the actual wedding cake..
#5 by Laura on July 22, 2010 - 9:49 pm
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Wow. Your aunt made that cake? Does she bake commercially?
#6 by Jamie on July 21, 2010 - 1:19 pm
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I will always be a Kentucky girl, but there are some TX “things” that make me think I should have been born here!!!!!! I LOVE the cake!
#7 by Laura on July 22, 2010 - 9:49 pm
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I had a feeling you’d enjoy that cake! Oh, to have been there…
#8 by Lisbeth on August 10, 2010 - 2:15 pm
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I soooo had to read up on this: Groom’s cake? Armadillo cakes? Seriously??! :)
#9 by Laura on August 10, 2010 - 8:43 pm
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I know! Yes, we have groom’s cakes here, and yes, on rare occasions they are in the shape of strange armored animals… If you’ve never been to Texas, you really must visit… we’ll send you home with a belly full of caveman porterhouses, armadillo cake, and a bunch of tall tales to tell about it!
#10 by Lisbeth on August 11, 2010 - 2:15 am
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Hehe; that would be so much fun – I’m sure there are plenty of tales to be taken home from Texas :)
#11 by Laura on August 11, 2010 - 6:40 am
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I have some blog entries in my head about Texas, and Houston in particular, but it really is a fascinating place. The experiences to be had vary from the expected cowboy steak and tumbleweed tour, to the high tech NASA scene, to the international arts (for example, Houston is the only US city besides New York with a full-time theater, ballet, opera, and symphony).
Even when traveling in the US, I get questions about whether I ride a horse to work… ha!