Waldorf-Astoria

Red Velvet Cupcakes, #The Cake Slice Bakers

To this Tokyo-raised Ninja Baker, red velvet cake has always seemed a  fancy dessert reserved for elites at grand Southern weddings and dinner parties in antebellum mansions. Turns out the red velvet cake tradition actually started at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.

I may have geographically missed the mark, but the Waldorf-Astoria definitely has catered to the elite.  Allegedly Queen Elizabeth II...