[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Red velvet cake is timeless, luxurious, elegant and desirable. Although no one know exactly when and where red velvet cake originated, its legendary history is so bound with the Waldorf Astoria, that it is also known as Waldorf-Astoria cake. The cake was first served at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in the 1920s and instantly shot to fame. Now you can try the original New York red velvet cake, along with many other red velvet-inspired sweets as the Waldorf Astoria Beijing introduces the red velvet gift box (168 yuan for 4 pieces and 218 yuan for 6 pieces).

Waldorf Astoria Beijing, 5-15 Jinyu hutong, Dongcheng district, Beijing (010 8520 8989)