All my life my mother got me a Culpepper's cake for my birthday. I haven't had a birthday cake since they went out of business. It's just not the same.
Do any of you know the secret to making cake icing that has that little 'crunch' to it? That was the best thing about those cakes. That, and the texture of the cake itself. It really stood up to that icing.
I miss those cakes so much! My birthday is near Christmas and my Mother would have poinsettias put on my cakes.
When I was little and we'd have business downtown, I remember standing in front of Culpepper's and looking in the big windows at the displays. I would stand there in my new shoes (What was that shoe store called? Mr. Hawkins was the nice man who helped you try on the shoes and then your mom would say, "She'll just wear them" and they'd put your old shoes in the box for you) and look at the wedding cakes and smell that frosting.
Sigh. I won't even mention how good Culpepper's donuts were.....
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