![]() Steel Magnolias has a painfully beautiful moment as well. Seriously, I’m starting to cry right now. But don’t even get me started on the first 10 minutes of Up. “He can’t see without his glasses.” The very end of Pan’s Labyrinth left me sitting in the theatre unable to move. My Girl, when she’s crying at the funeral because Thomas J’s not wearing his glasses. There are scenes from certain movies that I only have to think about and then I’ll start crying. “Laughter through tears is my favorite emotion.” He was raised by an awesome lady who never restricted his viewing solely because a movie may or may not be classified as a chick flick. Quit asking so many rhetorical questions. One of my husband’s favorite movies is Steel Magnolias. The groom’s cake is most often something silly or an ode to his favorite sports team or alma mater. Typically, the groom has his own cake made in his honor, since more likely than not everything else in the wedding was selected in honor of the blushing bride. But, as I’ve learned from living in Yankee country the past decade, not everyone partakes in this fun wedding tradition. ![]() Now, if you live in or are from the southern half of this country then there is no explanation needed for the sentence prior to this one. The future would now forever hold a new receptacle for such “waste”, my hubby’s tummy.īut, perhaps the most memorable moment of our whole nuptials was the cutting of the groom’s cake. There was even an assurance on my behalf to never ever again throw away the discarded tops of Oreo cookies in the trash. Our vows included not only promises of loyalty and undying love, but also references to The Lord of the Rings and Battlestar Galactica. ![]() On that blistering hot day in Spicewood, Texas I married my best friend and baked goods taste tester. I can literally give you the exact date of the happiest day of my life (so far). Because sometimes your worst ideas create your best memories.Red Velvet Armadillo cake for Steel Magnolias Posted: Octo| Author: Amy Bakes a Movie | Filed under: Cupcake | Tags: Armadillo Cake, Cream Cheese Frosting, Red Velvet Cake, Steel Magnolias | Leave a comment To pay homage to that little guy, our founder not only had an armadillo-shaped wedding cake - red velvet inside, grey frosting outside - but also named Atsby red vermouth after him. The car didn’t crash, but it was a close one - and quite a gory surprise. It was a good plan for all of ten minutes, when the critter’s shell suddenly came off and its guts splattered all over our comrade’s windshield. Well, Atsby’s founder has a softspot for the hard-shelled - on a road trip through the Ozarks, believe it or not, in Arkansas wine country, he once found a dead armadillo on the side of the highway and decided to use it as a redneck hood ornament. We let it all cold steep bit by bit, so the final product is intricate and special - we don’t make a lot, and we only keep what’s perfect. The bitters are in there too, but they don’t hang on your tongue or sully your drink - they just tap on through, adding a little flicker of tart in a mouthful of aromatics, herbs and spices. ![]() We’ve got some herbs and barks traditionally used in red vermouths like cardamom and quassia, but Armadillo Cake features a blend of roots, spices, flowers, seeds and pods that you won’t find in any other product - think wild celery, Japanese shitake, and nigella. ![]() Instead of processed sugar we use a dark caramel, hand-spun from earthy Indian Muscovado by an artisan chocolatier. We create it in small batches, precisely and deliberately, and we don’t leave room for mistakes. And frankly, it’s not that bitter either. ![]()
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