I had some company over the weekend. My mom and my oldest daughter.
And if Luza (my 95 year old mom) is here, that means I'm cooking. Or, in this case, baking.
And then, of course, there's Amy (my first-born), who is 26 years old, which, in Old-School-Cuban-Grandma-Land is code for "Old Maid" (or "solterona").
Of course, in Old-School-Cuban-Grandma-Land the fault for having a 26 year old who is still (!) unmarried rests squarely on my shoulders. (Bad mother, what?)
Apparently, I didn't teach Amy to cook well enough. Because if she could cook, Luza reasons, she would quickly be snapped up and out of the single woman's ranks just like that! *snaps fingers*
I surreptitiously roll my eyes at this point of the conversation, "Ay, Mami…" I can't even finish with an articulate response.
So I invite Amy to come and bake with me and Luza. The truth is that she (Amy) had found this fabulous recipe for Flan Cake (Flan Cake, people!) on blog-friend, Anne Marie's What's Cookin? Blog and she knew I'd totally be into it. And I totally was. I did tweak it some, but the inspiration came directly from Anne Marie. (Thanks again, Anne Maroo!)
This was Amy's Facebook status on Friday night:
All that to say this:
These forces converged on Friday night and together we – Luza, Amy and I… well, technically, Amy and I – made it. My mom sat there and made critical helpful suggestions. The final product was a gorgeous, delicious, amazing, there-are-not-enough-superlatives-in-the-world Flan Cake.
Luza sticks her nose into the flan and declares it "perfecto," and concedes that Amy now has a fighting chance at becoming marriage-able. 😉
The recipe is posted today over at the Tiki Tiki.
By the way, Amy's a fabulous cook in her own right and she would totally make a wonderful Cuban wife. (I'm just saying…)
Yo fui solterona! Pero mejor sola que mal acompanada.
Martica,Great post! I’m sure that Kikita will make a great wife! 🙂
BTW, we have guest for the week-end and we just finished dinner and for dessert had your Flan Cake … WOW!!! Here’s a testimonial … Out of this world!! Awesome … thanks so much!!
“Health to your hands” 🙂 Melek
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” ~ William Arthur Ward
This looks delicious – I believe I shall give it a whirl.Oh, and in the interest of keeping your mother happy, I have an unmarried 26-year-old son. 🙂 Did I mention your daughter is lovely?
Ay Marta, tell your Mom that I was taught to cook like the dioses, by none other than my grandmother, and I still married at 32.
Hola, mi nombre es Ana, vi tu blog en Bilingual in the Boonies y me preguntaba si podria hacer un Review de tu blog en el futuro. Estoy trabajando en una seccion llamada “We are Latinas” con el objetivo de destacar un blog de una Latina a la semana.Te parece?