Cakes….at a price

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June 16, 2006· Filed Under Italy, My son 

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fruitcake.jpgPictured 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. They are mini-works of art too.

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Needless to say they were super yummy, but all that yumminess came at a price. 94 four 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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7 Responses to “Cakes….at a price”

  1. Jan said on June 17th, 2006 5:50 am

    How big were they? That seems incredibly expensive … but it sure looks delicious :)

  2. David said on June 17th, 2006 1:55 pm

    Looks really good.

  3. Alex said on June 18th, 2006 4:28 pm

    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!

  4. Jaws said on June 19th, 2006 12:00 pm

    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?

  5. Alex said on June 19th, 2006 1:11 pm

    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

  6. GollyG said on June 24th, 2006 12:18 am

    I may have a go at making the fruit one, it looks fabulous!

  7. Jaws said on June 27th, 2006 8:17 pm

    Thanks for the info!

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