Cakes….at a price
Pictured here are the two cakes we got for our son’s belated third birthday party.
Italians really do know how to make some of the most wonderful cakes in the world. This tasty looking treats which we had made to order for our son’s party looked very impressive in the flesh.
I think the photos do them justice, although it is difficult to see just how huge the chocolate cake was. Must have been half a metre in diameter!
First of all, here’s one fresh fruit tart made to make your mouth water:
Fresh fruit tart - Italian Style
They are mini-works of art too. Chocolate cake anyone? Here’s the huge chocolate cake:
Gorgeous Italian Chocolate Cake
Needless to say they were super yummy, but all that yumminess came at a price. 94 Euros, would you believe.
And yes, I nearly fell over when I was told the price.
Still, what price your child’s happiness? A rather high one, or so it would seem…
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How big were they? That seems incredibly expensive … but it sure looks delicious
Looks really good.
Hi Jan, the fruit cake/tart was about 18 inches I guess, it was big and delicious too. The fruit cakes are all made the same way, as sort of sweet pastry base filled with a layer of vanilla custard, upon which the fruit are placed. Sometimes the fruit is covered with a sweet gelatine based glaze, which is transparent.
The chocolate cake was about 12″ in diameter and was several layers of sponge with a chocolate ceam beneath each layer.
David, they were very very good, but not cheap!
Hi!
I’m just taking a chance here. You live in Milan som I thought you may know of some good gyms there.
I’m looking for work as a personal trainer or fitness instructor but I can’t find any decent information on the web. There are hardly any homepages of the gyms.
Do you know of any gym homepages?
Hi Jaws,
Check out these sites:
http://www.palestre.milano.it/index.php
http://www.palestremilano.com/index.htm
They are in Italian, but you should be able to work it out;-) Plenty of numbers and addresses.
By the way, ‘gym’ is ‘palestra’ in Italian or ‘palestre’ if you want the plural – gyms. If you want to search for info about gyms in Milan by using Google, try searching for ‘palestre, Milano’ and wade through the (mainly Italian) results. The big names here, although I know very little about this, are Francesco Conti, American Contourella and Sportsman Club. You could also try the ‘Pagine Gialle’ or yellow pages for yet more info: http://www.paginegialle.it/pg/cgi/pgsearch.cgi?btt=1&ts=1&l=1&cb=0&ind=&nc=&x=0&y=0&qs=palestra&dv=milano
Hope that helps.
Happy hunting!
Alex
I may have a go at making the fruit one, it looks fabulous!
Thanks for the info!