Claire
loves marzipan desserts. Marzipan cookies
are quite common in the Faroes, so each time we are there, I try and get some
and hopefully surprise her with them before they dry out.
Just
before Christmas I was surprised myself when I saw the pans on sale for baking
the cake. I knew I should get them and
try making her a cake as her Christmas gift.
(It is known as a Norwegian wedding cake. I have been told the newlyweds lift the top layer together - the
number of layers that come off with the top layer is the number of children
they will have.)
I
waited to make it until the day before she came so it would still be
fresh.
When
I checked the recipe to see if I had the ingredients on hand (which turned out
to be only 3) I didn't bother to read the instructions, where I would have
noticed the dough needed to be refrigerated overnight.
Oh
well, Ellie and I came up with a plan to keep her mom out of the kitchen while
we experimented with the cake. I'm sure
Ellie's tale of us making a cabbage pie helped keep her in other rooms too.
- Ellie helping to form the top layers
- putting the layers together
- Ellie helping with the final decorations
- Surprise!!
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