What a treasure to have found, Sal. It made me quite emotional reading this, reflecting on my own grandmothers’ ways in the kitchen and their handwritten recipes, and the way they continue to remind us of these precious recipes when we need it most, as if they are in fact sending us messages from the heavens (or wherever we believe them to be) x
I have Mum's old leather bound recipe book and I can plot her life through it. It has pride of place on a wooden trivet on our bench top. She's been gone 8 years and our abiding image of her is working in the kitchen.
There's a chocloate cake very similar to your Mum's which we inherited, and which is called Never Fail Chocolate Cake. Very easy (all in a bowl together) and when I want it to be heavy and special, I add some ricotta cheese - we have a thing for dense cakes in our family.
Oh Prue I love this and am very envious. I really need to sit down and go through my collection carefully. If you live dense you’ll love this one, she’s definitely a solid one. Love the ricotta trick too x
What a treasure to have found, Sal. It made me quite emotional reading this, reflecting on my own grandmothers’ ways in the kitchen and their handwritten recipes, and the way they continue to remind us of these precious recipes when we need it most, as if they are in fact sending us messages from the heavens (or wherever we believe them to be) x
Thanks so much Amy, you were front of mind during this one xx
Lovely story.
I have Mum's old leather bound recipe book and I can plot her life through it. It has pride of place on a wooden trivet on our bench top. She's been gone 8 years and our abiding image of her is working in the kitchen.
There's a chocloate cake very similar to your Mum's which we inherited, and which is called Never Fail Chocolate Cake. Very easy (all in a bowl together) and when I want it to be heavy and special, I add some ricotta cheese - we have a thing for dense cakes in our family.
Thank you for a heartfelt story...
Oh Prue I love this and am very envious. I really need to sit down and go through my collection carefully. If you live dense you’ll love this one, she’s definitely a solid one. Love the ricotta trick too x