Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Sitar cake



This cake was for my very talented brother who plays the sitar quite well. It was designed after his sitar which  our father bought about 50+ years ago when he started to learn to play.  This instrument went with us everywhere.  It did not travel well on the way to the US; the gourd was broken when we picked it up at JFK, but thanks to some crazy glue and the hard work of our cousin,  this antique is whole again and plays very well. 

The round gourd (kaddu) was a vanila cake with passion fruit mousse filling and the long section was a Grandma's chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling.... Yum! now thats music to my ears. 



I made this painting of my brother playing the very sitar about a decade ago. He has a good ear for music and prefers to play by ear. 


5 comments:

  1. Great work Neelum; sounds delicious!!!
    Janice

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  2. This cake is yummy music to my ears!

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  3. I really dont know which to stop looking at first...the painting of your brother with all that lovely detail...or the sitar cake with that lovely background. Both masterpieces!! So glad the sitar survived.....tho Im sure the cake didnt!

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    1. Thanx Noshe. Yes the cake did not survive--- that's a compliment for the chef!

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