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Monday, July 11, 2005

Baking surprises

To my kids: Don't all rush home tonight, but I just pulled out of the oven some cunape. I only made a small batch to try out the recipe I found on the web (The truth is I had no idea how much cheese I needed - much more than I had imagined!) But they turned out! Thanks mostly to Andy for the yucca flour. So when you do come home, I 'll be ready to whip these up.
I also baked a cake that we tried at Mom's house last week. Strawberry marshmallow! Mom always has unique and tasty foods and this new recipe seemed easy so I tried it. The interesting thing about this cake is that you put the marshmallows on the bottom of the pan, then the cake mix (made from scratch) and finally the strawberries on top. In the process of cooking the marshmallows float to the top and the strawberries sink to the bottom. I opened the oven door half way through and sure enough, the marshmallows were neatly in rows on top exactly as I had placed them on the bottom. An interesting quirk. So you can make this cake for guests knowing that if the conversation lags, you'll have something to ponder - just what makes the cake turn upside down in the process of cooking?
This cake is kind of like those puzzling moments in our lives, I guess (here comes my philosophical part - sigh, sigh) Sometimes you try to do things, you follow the directions, and things just don't turn out as expected. Then we are surprised, but the questions arises. Is it okay? Well, this cake is certainly okay. And I guess we need to be ready to look at situations from differing perspectives. I'm just glad not all of life is this way, that there are certain recipes that work just like we'd hope.

3 Comments:

  • you'll have to share the recipe. though i doubt i'll have yuca flour anytime soon. and that marshmallow cake recipe sounds great. i'll pass along some of my cookies sometime?

    oh, and did you try my oven roasted tomatoes yet? please tell me what you did w/ them, and how they tasted.

    By Blogger mcentellas, at 8:09 PM  

  • Cuñape? What? I will be home in 2 hours...

    I can't wait to get home try those. I think no matter how many times it happens... my first day in Santa Cruz always begins with a couple in the airport, some on the street on the way to the house... and then I get sick from eating too many of them. I am betting on my next trip it will be the same, I can't stop!

    Next week I will be in Saginaw with Novali. CIAO.

    By Blogger Sam, at 7:14 AM  

  • Ok, so I guess I know what to bring home for everyone ... Yucca flour! Mom, did you remember to put the hole in the bottom? I guess this part is very important.

    It's interesting to read you write Daniel for Dad ... then Dad for grandpa. :) Reminds me ... I need to get my ticket. I'm thinking of flying into Saginaw ... should be a lot easier.

    Andres

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:26 AM  

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