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| the humble hazelnut torte with chocolate shavings |
Remember
Elise the Superstar? The girl I met once at a friend's wedding. Through this campaign, I've also met her extended family and I really wanted to make a special mention about her family coz
they're cool and have not only been extremely supportive but also understanding of my status in regards to personal health, monitoring my blog closely (I felt they actually cared *tears of joy*)...
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| the Jamieson family |
Anyway, Elise's visiting mother ordered a Hazelnut Torte for their family dinner. I have never made one before, so I did some research and a practice run a week before to test it out. The difference between a cake and a torte is that a torte is made from more nut to flour ratio-wise as compared to a cake :) great to know as I wasn't sure if a torte was suppose to be thin or tall - I guess it doesn't matter! I food processed the roasted hazelnuts myself which was interesting leaving some nuts in shape for texture.
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| cake taking centre stage |
When I met Elise's mum and sister on the cake pickup day, it was quite weird to be honest as I waited at the corner of the street as they approached me, total strangers, like a drug deal. We exchanged hand-shakes and it was like meeting a fan, Leanne looked real excited and said how wonderful her family thinks of my campaign blah blah blah. I handed over the cake in a box and I told her how great I thought her family was :))))))
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| look she even took a cross section for me! |
She not only donated US$50 for the cake on my campaign page, she also handed me $30 for baking ingredients on the day..... I guess wonderful people raise wonderful kids, I realised where Elise had gotten her generosity from.
And here's an email Leanne wrote me which I don't think I got a chance to reply yet (oops!) but this post has been long due...
It was lovely to meet you on Friday. Thank you for your patience with us, we didn't park in the most convenient place.
The cake was lovely and enjoyed by everyone. We had it with a dollop of Creme Friache - very nice. There are some photos floating around somewhere which I'm sure you will see some time. The cake looked lovely as the table centrepiece and tasted great too. It finished off a night of great company, great food and good wine.
Congratulations on the whole project. You can feel really proud of your charity work. We are all so pleased to have been a small part of it. Well done.
THANK YOU Leanne, it was a pleasure for me to bake for your family despite my complaints about not getting enough sleep etc... I get really energised when I feel people actually care about the cause, so I was excited to bake this cake although Elise repeatedly asked whether I could handle the load :))) I had fun and learnt something about tortes!
I'd also like to say thanks to Amanda - Elise's aunty here again as I didn't take photos of the carrot banana cake that I baked for her daughter's birthday... She sent me a photo of the half eaten cake but I'm not very tech savvy and have no idea how to download the photo from my mobile...
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