Variations and details bring the mundane to another level

My dad buys a recipe book every week because in my family we like to cook and mostly to eat.

We experiment, mostly when we have to invite someone over or bring something at a party. And that is exactly what i did last week. I was invited at a party in the countryside and i knew that family was going to feed me until i dropped so i thought it would have been nice to bring a cake over. I took my dad's new book and found a nice and very easy recipe for a strawberry cake.

You know, nothing more usual, short pastry and filling...here the real recipe:

short pastry 500g
ricotta 450g
strawberries 200g
eggs 2
orange blossoms water
a lemon
icing sugar


You put the short pastry on the pan then you mix the ricotta the eggs the orange blossoms water and the lemon zests all together and you put it on the pan.
Put in the hoven at 180 C° for 35 minutes. When is done leave it take the air for a while and then put the icing sugar and the strawberries.



As you can see, a very typical recipe, nothing special but then again, what makes it special are the variations you give things.
As with people, we are all the same, what makes us special are the differences between us, the variations and details you put in the mundane...so my short pastry had lime zests in it as well as my filling didnt have orange blossoms water but orange and lime zests.

I also went to the store with the convinction to have strawberries at home...i had eaten them the night before! What a great way to put another lil variation in...just put peaches on the cake!



And look at my creation now: