a.k.a. Torta di Nada, and Graduation Cake :)Graduating form school is bittersweet. Over the past few months I couldn't wait for school to end, counting down until there were no more labs, internal assessments, exams, essays or art pieces to do, no more endless to-do lists and sleepless nights. During the last week or two of school I felt sad, nostalgic, paying extra attention to all my old classrooms, noting the things I love about my friends and teachers, marvelling at how it could have all gone by so quickly. But even when classes ended, we still had a few weeks of study leave and final exams, by which point I had gone back to being fed up. I even had a countdown on my laptop which I checked almost obsessively, waiting until the moment my last exam ended. That moment is something I can't quite describe... I ran out of the exam hall and squealed and hugged my friend; my friends and I were beaming as we talked to the teachers we ran into, reminiscing and chatting; I called my mum and shouted "guess who's free?", not fully able to grasp it myself. I had a day that was so spontaneous and leisurely it was surreal: a long lunch with my friends, playing games and listening to music with my boyfriend, and a lovely evening with my mum spent talking, finishing a puzzle, eating pizza, watching a movie, and flipping through pointless magazines. So I think perhaps this exact moment of graduation is more of a closure. The sadness and the elation are over, and this evening was just a lovely way for all the students, teachers and parents to meet one more time. My family and I went to a new café in Kala Ghoda called The Nutcracker for breakfast that morning (and got caught up in a film shooting at the same time... that's Bombay for you). It's a cute little place that could be lifted out of Paris, and although the service wasn't brilliant, the food was delicious. After a practically customary stop at Rhythm House, we came home to this 'graduation cake' that my mum and I had made. Really, it was my mum who made it and I was a happy sous-chef. It's from Jamie Oliver's book Jamie's Italy, and he calls it Torta di Nada after the woman who makes it at a bed and breakfast. It's light, zesty, fresh, and rather addictive. I kept cutting slivers of it all day for a week, and occasionally treated myself to a nice big slab. Whether you're graduating or not, I think you need to celebrate summer with this cake ;) Summer Fruit Cake/Torta di Nada
From Jamie's Italy by Jamie Oliver Note: Fresh blueberries are exorbitant here in Mumbai – $78 per kilo (!) – and canned blueberries are just too syrupy and sugary. We use St. Dalfour jam on a regular basis because it has whole chunks of fruit and no sugar added, so we made this cake with their blueberry-cranberry jam, and it was perfect. We also halved the amount of zest and it still turned out really refreshing and zesty.
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RV Bhargav Kumar Sharma
17/3/2017 08:46:16 am
Hey Mira,I just now gone through your entire blog and I loved the recipes,your concern about the food and your dream of opening a cafe.It just mesmerized me for a while with astonishment ..... I am a great foodie and vegan who even doesn't have even milk and milk products....I would like to try some of your pure vegan recipes and will visit this website from now ...Don't mistake me for which I may spam you lol ....Thank you very much for spreading love,interest and care in the food which I had never thought till now ..... Hope you will do the same and still more from now onwards..... Thank you and respect from India ......
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Mira
18/3/2017 04:15:21 am
Thanks so much! I'm so glad you enjoy it, and this was lovely and encouraging to read. Good luck with your cooking, and let me know if there's anything you'd like me to post about :)
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RV Bhargav Kumar Sharma
18/3/2017 09:43:51 pm
Yeah sure ,after my SAT,TOEFL and UCAS application process,I shall be free and like to recommend and try along with you some my new inventory recipes.So keep on going with your tasty,wonderful and fantastic inventive recipes of food.Good luck dear friend :)
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