i've recently come to terms with my red velvet addiction. cakes. cupcakes. cookies. whatever. i'll take six, please and thanks.

since relocating to Los Angeles, i've had a few varying red velvet experiences, some good, some bad.

here's what i've had thus far:






yes. the Kroger-like grocery store does have enjoyable baked goods. when sharing my Ralph's red velvet experience with a fellow red velvet lover (hey, Candy!), she gave me the stank face as if i was professing my love for Placenta Pot Pie. i actually found it very moist, fluffy, and not overly chocolatey. the cream cheese icing was just enough, not too thick. i enjoyed it.

she clearly disagreed. "YOU LIKE THAT?!?"

i stood firm. it fulfilled a craving and made me smile. mission accomplished.


for some reason, i thought i heard CUPCAKE, but that didn't deter me. upon initial inspection, it was clearly more dense than i was used to. great presentation, a good amount of icing. we dug in. it was VERY cold, VERY dense, and VERY chocolatey. it actually had the texture of a brownie; it was WAY too heavy. it also wasn't sweet enough.

so...although Kitchen24 makes brilliant pineapple citrus waaaangs, their red velvet cake was a grand, LATOYA JACKSON FAILURE.

the homie, Shanita (owner of Long Life Lessons, LLC), had a birthday dinner party a few weeks back where she put her entire left leg in the wondrous spread of chicken, fish, mac&cheese, red beans & rice, etc. she was blessed with a gorgeous red velvet bundt cake crom Kiss My Bundt, an apparently popular bakery out here.

it LOOKED beautiful. the general consensus was that it clearly wasn't fresh. perhaps it had been on display awhile. it was quite dense but tasted stale overall. the icing, however, was thebomb.com. all agreed that this was not the norm for Kiss My Bundt, so i'll give them another try at a later date.

with all of THAT out of the way, i finally had to chance to fully indulge in the highly-anticipated RED VELVET WAFFLE from my current gig, The Waffle, here in Hollywood.


we have about 12 different waffle variations, from chocolate chip or blueberry, to multigrain or bacon (with bacon baked in). when i got word of a red velvet WAFFLE for Valentine's Day, i counted the days til it's debut. fat kid planning in action, kids. yesterday i had the honor of DEVOURING my very own plate of sugary deliciousness.

what's YOUR favorite sugary indulgence?

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