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The Red Velvet
Red velvet cake bite with cream cheese mousse, candied pecan & gold leaf
Named for the agency she built — RED VELVET — red for prosperity, velvet for texture
Why this bite? Cindy built RED VELVET from the ground up in Austin — red for prosperity, velvet for texture. This cake bite is her origin story made edible.
The Story
Cindy Y. Lo named her agency RED VELVET — red for prosperity in Chinese culture, velvet because it felt tactile rather than transactional. This bite captures both: rich red velvet cake for the boldness of building something from nothing, cream cheese mousse for the smoothness that comes from twenty years of reading rooms, and a candied pecan for the Texas roots that ground everything she does.
Read Full Story →Prep: 30 minYield: 12 pieces
Ingredients
- Red velvet cake
- Cream cheese
- Candied pecans
- Gold leaf
- Cocoa powder
Preparation
- 1.Bake red velvet cake, crumble, and press into bite-sized rounds.
- 2.Whip cream cheese into a light mousse and pipe onto each round.
- 3.Top with a candied pecan and a flake of gold leaf.
- 4.Dust the plate with cocoa.
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