194 The Best Mother-in-Law and Her Hungarian Walnut Torte
NOV 13, 202560 MIN
194 The Best Mother-in-Law and Her Hungarian Walnut Torte
NOV 13, 202560 MIN
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<p>Today’s guest Lynn describes Maria — just like a glowing fairy come to life: barely five feet tall, vivacious, chatty and outgoing, and as charming as they come.</p>
<p>So imagine this tiny Maria 100 years ago, just a teenager tripping over the cobblestone streets of Budapest, chatting with her friends, then opening an heavy, ornate and entering a cafe - </p>
<p>And quickly, let’s replace our images of a “cafe” - the cafes of 20th century Budapest were grand, glittering spaces. Picture soaring ceilings multiple stories high, crystal chandeliers, marble pillars, rich, heavy window treatments, carved staircases, and waiters in tuxes.</p>
<p>Tucked in the corners were the who’s who of Budapest - poets, intellectuals, and artists.But Maria and her girlfriends were simply there to do their homework — giggling, whispering, and flirting like any teenagers over the clinking of silver spoons against porcelain coffde cups. </p>
<p>Maria, the daughter of a cafe owner herself, knew and loved all the famous cafes - and they loved her. In fact, as family legend has it, she charmed the pastry chefs into sharing their best recipes for tortes and cakes.</p>
<p>A century later, Lynn opened a nondescript box and discovered fifty-two of Maria’s recipes, handwritten in Hungarian. Well — fifty-one of Maria’s recipes. There was one, a simple Walnut Torte, just like what would have been served in those grand cafes, written in English - not by Maria, but by Maria’s daughter-in-law, Janice, who is Lynn’s mother-in-law. </p>
<p>That recipe card from became the basis of the cake Lynn has dubbed “Mother-in-Law Cake” and she shares with us today.</p>
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