Monday, May 26, 2008

Red Velvet Mudslide


No, that's not the name of a fancy dessert. It's what happened today when I was delivering 54 Red Velvet cupcakes. Rather than squishing these ganache topped babies in a standard box, I decided to keep things simple and lay them out on a full sheet pan. They fit perfectly, all 54, touching each other to prevent any movement. It was hot, and we all know that gooey chocolate ganache doesn't have a good relationship with the heat, so once again rather than placing the tray in the flat rear of my truck, I had my [former] son hold the tray. BIG mistake. He was even in the back seat, away from Mr. Sun and had the cool air blowing on him and all of his 54 friends. Honestly, so glad we weren't driving around San Francisco, or the catastrophe would have happened much sooner. Instead, it wasn't until we were 5 minutes away from delivering the cupcakes that the mysterious "bump" occurred and caused the sheet pan to levitate up and out of my son's arms. Funny how there wasn't even a Ouija Board in the car. Since what goes up must come down, praise those cupcakes for landing head first on the floor of my suburban. Good thing I had just gotten my car detailed 'else the cupcakes would have been covered with dirt in addition to being smooshed. Good thing.