Cake sixteen

Prince Charming 

It’s a cake I’m particularly fond of which takes me back to a time in the early 80’s when I was in Germany and had met my ‘Prince Charming’. A person from another culture, who taught me a lot about tolerance, political commitment and real love. Some of his words have been of great help over the years. I haven't seen him since then and won't see him again as he passed away some years ago. So I've named this simple though delicate cake in his honour.

It’s what the German call ‘Streusel Kuchen’ and I had first had it at that time. I don’t know why but I've kind of forgotten it for long! I only made it for the first time a few years ago when my elder son showed me a photo of a special cake he had eaten in Germany and wanted me to bake it for him. There it was again!

I found the recipe in an old German cookbook: it was 'love at first sight' for all our family.

Song: ‘In my life’

We all have a place we remember all our lives

see recipe:
http://time-for-cake-making.blogspot.it/2012/11/cake-sixteen-prince-charming-fruit.html

Cake fifteen

Early Autumn Cheesecake

Fruitcakes are mostly seasonal even though we may find nearly all fruits the whole year round. Personally I don’t like eating oranges in the middle of the Summer or peaches in Winter, it might be a matter of habit but I think it’s more a matter of colours and psychological influence. Bright colours like the red of strawberries, the yellow of peaches and apricots, the purple of plums or of wild berries are more Summer colours, or colours we associate with warm countries. We also use them for clothes or home accessories in the warm season. Then suddenly when the colder months come, we prefer paler colours or all the shades of orange; so here come grapes at the end of the Summer, pears, persimmons and finally oranges.

So this cake sounds for me like the end of the Summer, when days are still warm but much shorter and pave the way to Autumn: yellow for the grapes, pale brown for the meringue and white for the cheese. 

Do I have overanalyzed it all? Maybe there’s nothing more to intend than what it actually is!

Song: A glass onion

Do we always have to look for deeper messages, can’t we simply accept reality as it is?

for the recipe follow me on: http://time-for-cake-making.blogspot.it/2012/11/cake-fifteen-early-autumn-cheesecake.html