a love song
the hero in my heart feels right at home
cheering for me, and asking to stay
I'm waiting... for answers
and searching for things I haven't lost
beloved, you whisper to me of love
how I can find it in myself
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I made Persian Love Cake last week from this recipe, and made it again this week with a few tweaks. I added pistachios and rose petals in the cake batter too, made a topping rather than a glaze, liberally increased the amount of sugar, rose water, and almond flour, used moulds rather than a pan, and so on to a point where it's now a different thing altogether.
I took a batch to with me to Troy when I went to visit my (actually my sister's) old school friend. I had to remind myself not to treat her like she was 15--she has an 18-year-old herself now. I took Big A's car in case I got lost because my car is all battery and I didn't want to be lost and without battery power. (And I did get lost once. Briefly.) I felt surrounded by love all day from Big A filling up his gas tank before he came home from work this morning to SQ sending me home with six boxes of food.
Pic: Love cakes cooling before being boxed up.
12 comments:
My husband’s love language is definitely acts of service, so he always puts gas in our cars. I couldn’t tell you the last time I gassed up a car! I especially appreciate that he does this when it’s bitterly cold outside.
Those Persian cakes look so good! I love the addition of the pistachio. Have fun to catch up with an old friend and to give her a hug on behalf of your sister.
Now they're Maya's Love Song Cakes.
I really like this poem. It's uplifting and encouraging, yet not rah-rah and smarmy. The tone is so warm. I love that it can be either a tribute to another person or to the speaker herself.
Nice.
Oh yum. i looked at the recipe for those cakes- pistachio, rose water, cardamom... they sound (and look) delicious! I'm sure they were greatly appreciated.
Those look delicious.
That is so sweet of Phil, Lisa! And it's one of those things that probably makes you think of his tenderness every time you drive...
Thank you, Nance! I was going for that ambiguity... How very Whitney Houston à la "Greatest Love of All" of me. :)
Thank you!
They are (very sweet and) delicious, Jenny! And they were <3
Thanks, Steph!!
Those look gorgeous and delicious! (I'm like that going to Detroit area too -- plenty of gas and a reliable car!)
Haha--Lansing is a city, but Detroit is a real city!
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